Gülen

"[T]here's...much to learn from this book about the enigmatic Gülen and his enigmatic movement." ~William Armstrong, Hurriyet Daily News

"A helpful and detailed account of a movement that is defined, if such a thing is possible, by obfuscation" ~Christopher de Bellaigue, The New York Review of Books

"Dr. Hendrick's study is revealing and topical, and provides an objective, critical and balanced assessment of the Gülen movement. Together with Berna Turam's earlier study of the same movement, it distinguishes itself as one of the very few studies of this topic that meets the strictures of nonpartisan academic scholarship." ~Elisabeth Ozdalga, Contemporary Islam

"Essential reading for anyone interested in current political, economic, and religious trends in modern Turkey. This work is by far the best study to date of one of the most important and interesting Islamic movements of our times. A fascinating book." ~Nancy Gallagher,University of California Santa Barbara

"Hendrick deserves to be commended for analyzing the Gülen movement in a comprehensive fashion. The book, written in an engaging style, covers diverse issues, ranging from the movement's role in changing the balance of power in the Turkish media to its critics in the American charter school system. This timely book is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the Gülen movement." ~Ahmet T. Kuru, Middle East Journal

"In a groundbreaking study, Joshua Hendrick provides us with the first comprehensive and dispassionate analysis of the worldwide Gülen movement. Theoretically sophisticated and brimming with unprecedented empirical insight, this volume will be essential reading for students and researchers in contemporary Islamic Studies as well as those seeking to understand the changing nature of social movements under globalization." ~Peter Mandaville,author of Global Political Islam

"In this path-breaking ethnography of a modern Islamic movement that is educating millions of students across the globe, Hendrick brilliantly explains the strategies of the Gülenphenomena as an intersection of the spiritual and market-driven needs of his followers. This a definitive study of how Muslim modernity is practiced among aspiring Muslim middle classes, an exceptional achievement because Hendrick avoids the twin pitfalls of demonization and cooption. It will become a classic." ~Paul M. Lubeck,Johns Hopkins University-School of Advanced International Studies

"Dr. Hendricks study is revealing and topical, and provides an objective, critical and balanced assessment of the Gülen movement Based as it is on thorough information and colorful descriptions, it is an easy read and thus also speaks to a wider audience inside and outside of academia." ~Contemporary Islam

"A valuable study of the Gülen movement, originating in Turkey but spanning theworld, illustrates how it was born out of the social and political climate of modern Turkey but how it integrated Islam and neoliberal globalization to create an ambiguous empire of 'market Islam' including schools, media, and manufacturing." ~Anthropology Review Database

"As Joshua Hendrick reminds us in the introduction of his informative new book, in a 2008 online poll Fethullah Gülen was named the most influential public intellectual in the world, despite the fact that most people have never heard of him. Of course, the victory might be the result of dedicated followers voting for him, yet his surprise appearance at the top ofor even onthe list calls for some more exploration of precisely what Gülen and his minions are up to and how a major movement emerged in Turkey and spread around the world. This is precisely what Hendrick give us in the study. [] [A]nthropologists should be grateful to Hendrick for the valuable research and should extend these analyses with further studies of the GM and of other modern social movements, including & Islamic or & Islamist ones, to discover how they blend religion or other aspects of & culture or & tradition with modern capitalist and technological techniques and practices." ~Anthropology Review Database

"In light of the political crisis Turkey has been going through in the past year, the publication of Hendricks Gülen could not be timelier. This book examines one of the most controversial figures in the modern Turkish political history, Fethullah Gülen, and his cemaat (community); a well-organized network overseeing schools and educational institutions in more than 100 countries and controlling a global, multi-million dollar operation of & Islamic economy. Hendricks political ethnography provides an outstanding analysis." ~Mobilization

"Hendricks work is an important contribution to understanding the ongoing interactions between the contradictory dimensions of globalization and the presence and rise of Islamic movements." ~Historian

"This new book is a thoughtful and thorough examination of the formation and expansion of the Gülen movement. In presenting an original account of how this religious social movement was established, the author offers an insightful discussion Gülens origins and workings by focusing on its engagement with capitalism, science, technology, education, and secularism." ~The Historian