| SATURDAY, March 7,
2009 |
| 8:00 - 8:45 |
Registration at Atlas Cultural Center |
| 8:50 - 9:00 |
Conference Opening - Mehmet Ulupinar |
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Session I: Intellectual Foundations of Gulen Movement
Session Chair: Dr. Yetkin Yildirim |
| 9:00 - 10:15 |
Intellectual Development of Fethullah Gülen: Dr. Faruk Tuncer (to be presented by Dr. Erkan Kurt) |
| Hikma, Hokmah, Sophia as an Abrahamic Ethic for Life Fethullah "Gülen in Dialogue with the Wisdom Traditions of Judaism and Christianity": Dr. J. McMaster |
| The Sentinels on the Parapet of The Consciousnesss of Fethullah Gulen: Dr. John Haughey |
| Q&A |
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session II: Social Impacts of Gulen Movement
Session Chair: Dogan Koc |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
Dialoguing Across the World: Using the Gulen Model to Expand Cultural Horizons of Secondary Students: Dr. Tom Gage |
| Incremental Hope:the Gülen Movement in Diyarbakir, Elazig, and Malatya as a Model for Social Reform: Dr. Mark Webb |
| Gulen’s Methods of Interfaith Dialogue: Dr. Yetkin Yildirim |
| Q&A |
| 12:00 -
1:00 |
Luncheon |
| 1:00 -
1:20 |
Invited talk - Dr. Martha Ann Kirk |
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Session III: Gulen Movement as a Bridge between Faith Groups
Session Chair: Dr. Michael Fontenot |
| 1:20 - 2:30 |
A Muslim and Christian Interfaith Imperative - Stewardship of Creation: Dr. Larry Ulrich |
| Interfaith Relations in the Thought of M. Fethullah Gulen: Dr. R. Penaskovic |
| Then Which of Your Lord’s Blessings Shall We Deny? Dr. Whitney Bodman |
| Q&A |
| 2:30 -
3:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session IV: Case Studies
Session Chair: Dr. Kingsley Esedo |
| 3:00 - 4:15 |
The Gülen Agenda For Peace: Dr. Charles Isbell |
| The Need for Interfaith Dialogue in Kosovo: The Contributions of Gulen Movement: Jeton Mehmeti |
| Family Law and the Changing Role of Women in Moroccan society: Dr. Touria Khannous |
| Q&A |
| 4:15 - 4:45 |
Closing Speech - Dr. Karen Fontenot |
