Religion and Social Change in Modern Turkey The Case of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi

Prof. Dr. Şerif Mardin

The specific appeal of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi for his own followers provides a useful focus for a description of this type of articulation and for an analysis of the social processes which project the dynamic counterpart of the intermeshing of religion and social relations. Mardin follows parallel developments in a number of fields such as those of the world communication revolution, Turkish political and social reform, Turkish intellectual development and aspects of religious history that are relevant to a study of Said Nursi's biography.