Islamic Schools in Modern Turkey

Faith, Politics, and Education

Nonfiction, History, Middle East, Religion & Spirituality
Cover of the book Islamic Schools in Modern Turkey by Professor Iren Ozgur, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Professor Iren Ozgur ISBN: 9781139540353
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: August 13, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Professor Iren Ozgur
ISBN: 9781139540353
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: August 13, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

In recent years, the Islamization of Turkish politics and public life has been the subject of much debate in Turkey and the West. This book makes an important contribution to those debates by focusing on a group of religious schools, known as Imam-Hatip schools, founded a year after the Turkish Republic, in 1924. At the outset, the main purpose of Imam-Hatip schools was to train religious functionaries. However, in the ensuing years, the curriculum, function and social status of the schools have changed dramatically. Through ethnographic and textual analysis, the book explores how Imam-Hatip school education shapes the political socialization of the schools' students, those students' attitudes and behaviours and the political and civic activities of their graduates. By mapping the schools' connections to Islamist politicians and civic leaders, the book sheds light on the significant, yet often overlooked, role that the schools and their communities play in Turkey's Islamization at the high political and grassroots levels.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In recent years, the Islamization of Turkish politics and public life has been the subject of much debate in Turkey and the West. This book makes an important contribution to those debates by focusing on a group of religious schools, known as Imam-Hatip schools, founded a year after the Turkish Republic, in 1924. At the outset, the main purpose of Imam-Hatip schools was to train religious functionaries. However, in the ensuing years, the curriculum, function and social status of the schools have changed dramatically. Through ethnographic and textual analysis, the book explores how Imam-Hatip school education shapes the political socialization of the schools' students, those students' attitudes and behaviours and the political and civic activities of their graduates. By mapping the schools' connections to Islamist politicians and civic leaders, the book sheds light on the significant, yet often overlooked, role that the schools and their communities play in Turkey's Islamization at the high political and grassroots levels.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to the Graphic Novel by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book The International Law of the Sea by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book The Two Noble Kinsmen by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book Narrating Karma and Rebirth by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book The Vegetation of Antarctica through Geological Time by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book Prospect Theory by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book European Security in NATO's Shadow by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book The Structure and Performance of Euripides' Helen by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book Building Technology Transfer within Research Universities by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book Chaucer and the Subversion of Form by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book The International Law on Foreign Investment by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book Moral Human Agency in Business by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book PowerPoint, Communication, and the Knowledge Society by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book Encyclopedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics by Professor Iren Ozgur
Cover of the book Social Organizations and the Authoritarian State in China by Professor Iren Ozgur
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy