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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Background
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Front Matter
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A Portrayal of Worship in Turkey
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
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About this book
Reviews
"This is a sensitive, landmark study of how Turkish Muslims today express their faith through a wide range of Islamic canonical and non-canonical worship or pious acts...outstanding, a rare contribution to learning and merits the widest possible readership." - Middle East Journal
"...a useful, clearly written account of Islam in modern Turkey."
-MESA Bulletin, Glenn Yocum
"It is the authors' unique blend of scholarship, personal experience, and spirituality that give the book its lasting validity." - International Journal of Middle East Studies, Anna G. Edmonds
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
KENNETH FRANK is a missionary of the Common Global Ministries Board of the United Church of Christ/Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the USA. He has had extensive cross-cultural experience, including eight years of educational work in Zambia in the 1970s and in Turkey since 1982. He is currently serving as a mathematics instructor at the Izmir Amerikan Lisesi (American Collegiate Institute) in Izmir, Turkey.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Visible Islam in Modern Turkey
Authors: Adil Özdemir, Kenneth Frank
Series Title: Library of Philosophy and Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286894
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-77670-4Published: 21 June 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-28689-4Published: 21 June 2000
Series ISSN: 2947-0242
Series E-ISSN: 2947-0250
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 259
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Islam, Religious Studies, general