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The Institute of Interfaith Dialog, Texas; Department of History, Department of Sociology, Department of Political Science & Geography, Increment and Community Engagement at UTSA; St. Mary University; University of the Incarnate Word Liturgical Outreach are sponsoring a conference at on the activities of Fethullah Gülen and their 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. |
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Program At-A-Glance |
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November 3
Saturday |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
| 8:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Session I |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
| 10:40 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. |
Session II |
| 12:25 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. |
Luncheon |
| 1:25 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. |
Session III |
| 3:10 p.m. - 3:20 p.m. |
Coffee Break |
3:20 p.m. - 5:05 p.m.
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Session IV
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| Program Details |
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| SATURDAY, November 3,
2007 |
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Session I: Women & Education
Session Chair and Discussant: |
| 8:30 - 8:45 |
Opening Remarks |
| 8:45 - 10:30 |
Turkish Women and Headscarves: A Lesson in Tolerance: J. Kimmel, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX |
| "Second Rabia's" Women's Gratitude, Compassion, and Altruism: Sister M. A. Kirk, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX |
| Fethullah Gülen: A Vision of Transcendent Education: C. Nelson, Kean University, NJ |
| Gulen Movement and School Financing: V. Uysal, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK |
| Q&A |
| 10:30 - 10:40 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session II: Dialogue
Session Chair and Discussant: |
| 10:40 - 12:25 |
Interfaith Dialog for Muslims and Catholic Christians: V. G. Burnett, & Y. Yildirim, The University of Texas at Austin, TX |
| Inter-religious Dialogue with the Fethullah Gülen Movement: J. B. Ball, St Mary's University, San Antonio, TX |
| Giants of Light: Fethullah Gulen and Meister Eckhart in Dialogue: J. J. Rogers, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
| Fethullah Gülen and Interfaith/cultural Dialog: The Lubbock Christian University Experience: J. D. Long, Lubbock, TX |
| Q&A |
| 12:25 -
1:25 |
Luncheon |
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Session III: Political
Session Chair and Discussant: |
| 1:25 - 3:10 |
A Contemporary Solution to "New Terrorism": H. T. Arslan, Sam Houston State University, TX |
| Civil Society as a Potential Remedy for Conflict: The Kurdish Issue and The View of Fethullah Gulen: R. Shaykhutdinov, Florida Atlantic University, FL |
| Understanding the Hizmet Discourse of the Gulen Movement: M. Kalyoncu, Georgetown University, Washington, DC |
| Present and Potential Impact of the Spiritual Tradition of Islam on Contemporary Muslims: From Ghazali to Gülen: A. Aslandogan, The Institute of Interfaith Dialog, TX |
| Q&A |
| 3:10 -
3:20 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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Session IV: Tolerance
Session Chair and Discussant: |
| 3:20 - 5:05 |
Tolerance in The Theology and Thought of A. J. Convers and Fethullah Gulen: D. Capes, & P. Luu, Houston Baptist University, TX |
| The Noahide Laws and Tolerance: A. C. Epstein, MD, Lubbock, TX |
| The Virtue of Tolerance: An Aristotelian Approach: H. J. Curzer, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX |
| Spiraling Upward, Toward the Center: G. M. Rieke, Kansas |
| Q&A |
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