Globalization, Ethics and Islam

Contents: Introduction. Part I Non-Violence and Peace: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and the Risale-i Nur, SA1/4kran Vahide; The ethics of pardon and peace: a dialogue of ideas between the thought of Pope John II and the Risale-i Nur, Thomas Michel, S.J.; Renewal and reformation in the mid-20th century: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and religion in the 1950s, John Obert Voll. Part II Ethics and Dialogue: Secular or religious foundations for ethics: a case study of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Ian S. Markham; 'Patience is beautiful:' Qur'anic ethics and Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur, Asma Afsaruddin; The ethics of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's dialogue with the west in light of his concept of 'Europe', Patrice C. Brodeur; Ethics in the Confucian text: comparative study with Risale-i Nur, Jemil Hee-Soo Lee; An outline of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's views of Christianity and the west, SA1/4kran Vahide. Part III Globalization: Is globalization a threat to Islam? Said Nursi's response, Oliver Leaman; Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's historical self-consciousness, Mahan H. Mirza; Globalization in the light of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-i Nur: an exposition, Amer Al-Roubaie and Shaifiq Alvi; Globalization: its meaning, scope and impact in the light of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Damascus sermon, Fred A. Reed; Virtue vs. decadence: the struggle of civilizations within the global village, Necati Aydin; Islam and modernity, Durmus Hocaoglu; The gesture of Said Nursi as a challenge to modernity, Wolf D. Ahmed Aries; Rethinking globalization: Hardt and Negri in conversation with Said Nursi, Ian S. Markham. Bibliography; Index.