This book identifies a new Islamic form in Turkey: Muslimism. Neither fundamentalism nor liberal religion, Muslimism engages modernity through Islamic categories and practices. This new form has implications for discussions of democracy and Islam in the region, similar movements across religious traditions, and social theory on religion.

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"Neslihan Cevik has written a groundbreaking book on the social, religious, and political transformation of Islam in contemporary Turkey. The innovations represented by what she calls 'Muslimism' portend profound changes for Turkey and, quite possibly, other parts of the Islamic world. Theoretically grounded, empirically rich, and cogently written, this book is essential reading for all interested in the fate of Islam in late modernity." James Davison Hunter, Labrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of

Religion, Culture, and Social Theory, University of Virginia, USA

"With insight and nuance, Neslihan Cevik breathes fresh air into scholarship on Islam in Turkey. Showing the deficiencies of conventional categories, Cevik develops the concept of 'Muslimism' to understand how Muslims engage markets, party politics, and civic society by submitting them to Muslim sensibilities. This is a full-orbed treatment of economic, political, cultural, and theological structures; it thereby has significance beyond Turkey and is must reading for anyone interested in how religious groups engage global change." - George M. Thomas, Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University, USA

"Few subjects are more important to today's geopolitics than the rise of political religion, whether in India, Turkey, or the USA. Turkey's strategic position as a European country that neighbors Iran, Iraq, and Syria makes the question of Islam and politics there particularly salient. Few better, or more subtle, guides to this phenomenon could be found than Neslihan Cevik's." Juan Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History, University of Michigan, USA

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Neslihan Cevik is Associate Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, USA. She is an engaged social entrepreneur whose work has appeared in CNN-Arabic, Daily Sabah, OrientXXI, and Political Theology Today and has been translated into Arabic, French, and Turkish.

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Book Title: Muslimism in Turkey and Beyond
Book Subtitle: Religion in the Modern World
Authors: Neslihan Cevik
Series Title: The Modern Muslim World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56154-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-56527-3Published: 17 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-56154-1Published: 17 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2945-6134
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6142
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 270
Topics: Religion and Society, Social Aspects of Religion, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Middle Eastern Culture, Islam, Philosophy of Religion

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Introduction: Turkey’s Muslimists: From Veil-Chic Women to a New Political Ethos

From Forbidden Modern to Guiltless Modernity

Muslimism versus Islamism: On the Triad of Politics, Religion, and Everyday Life

Muslimist Religious Temperaments

Muslimist Cultural Orientations and Everyday Life

Muslimist Political Ethos

Conclusion: Muslimism in Turkey and Beyond

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