Fethullah Gulen Conference

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Conference Overview

Department of Religious Studies at University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Texas, and Petree College of Art and Sciences at Oklahoma City University are sponsoring a conference on the activities of Fethullah Gülen and contributions to interfaith dialogue, tolerance, and education.

The conference aims to explore the appeal, meaning, and impact of Fethullah Gülen and the Gülen movement on Turkish, regional, and - increasingly - global societies.

Program At-A-Glance

	November 4 Saturday	November 5 Sunday
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Session I	Session V
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Session II	Session VI
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Luncheon w/ Keynote Speech	Luncheon w/ Closing Remarks
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Session III
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Session IV
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.	Breakout Sessions

Program Details

FRIDAY, November 3, 2006
6:30 - 9:00	DINNER

SATURDAY, November 4, 2006
	Session I Session Chair and Discussant: T. Boyd
8:30 - 8:45	Opening Remarks
8:45 - 10:15	The Second Path to God Revisited; the Reconciliation of Science and Religion in the Gulen Movement: K. Fontenot & M. Fontenot
	Gülen’s Interpretation of Sufism: D. Koc
	Methodist Christianity, Gulen’s Sufism, Perfection, Free Will, Tolerance, and Democracy: T. Dotts
	Q&A
10:15 - 10:30	COFFEE BREAK
	Session II Session Chair and Discussant: S. Law
10:30 - 12:00	Secularism in America and Turkey and Fethullah Gulen’s Response: T.Boyd
	Voluntary Altruistic Action: Its Symbolic Challenge against Sinecures of Vested Interests: M. Cetin
	Gulen in Dialogue: Fethullah Gulen’s Ideas in the Context of the Larger Humanities: J. B. Carroll
	Q&A
12:00 - 2:00	Luncheon w/ Keynote Speech: Akbar Ahmed
	Session III Session Chair and Discussant: G. Blackwell-Eagleson
2:00 - 3:30	Teaching Tolerance with Turkish Art: Lessons from Gülen and the Turkish Traditional Arts: T. Vaughan
	The Wisdom of Fethullah Gulen and the Truth of Parker Palmer “Enlightened Education as the Key to Global Transformation”: B. Boyd
	The Urgency of Educational Reform in the United States of America: Lessons Learned from Fethullah Gülen: S. Santos
	Q&A
3:30 - 3:45	COFFEE BREAK
	Session IV Session Chair and Discussant: A. Hertzke
3:45 - 5:15	Fethullah Gűlen, Turkey and the European Union: P. Weller
	Defamation as a Smoke Screen: A Case Study in Modern Turkey: A. Y. Aslandogan
	The Gulen Movement and Turkish Integration in Germany: J. Irvine
	Q&A
	BREAK
	Breakout Sessions
7:30 - 9:00	State-church relations Civilizational Dialog/Clash Spirituality Gender roles/rights Democracy & Religion Movement itself Art & Human Relationships; Tolerance; Devotion Education

SUNDAY, November 5, 2006
	Session V Session Chair and Discussant: G. Atkinson
8:45 - 10:15	Blessed are the Peacemakers: J. Cantrell
	The Influence of Fethullah Gulen in the Australian Experience of Interfaith Dialogue: E. Celik
	“Religion: Hard or Soft Boiled?: Understanding Sacred Violence and Martyrdom Through the Example and Writings of Fethullah Gülen.” A Perspective from the UK and Europe: I. Williams
	Q&A
10:15 - 10:30	COFFEE BREAK
	Session VI Session Chair and Discussant: J. Carroll
10:30 - 12:00	Fethullah Gülen and Classical Western Aretaic Theory: D. De Bolt
	Fethullah Gülen’s Use of Philosophical and Scriptural Resources for Tolerance: M. Webb
	The Resolution of Social, Ethnic, and Religious Conflict in the Modern World, and Democracy: N. Bostanci
	Q&A
12:00 - 2:00	Luncheon w/ Closing Remarks: T. Boyd