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1 online resource (283 pages) |
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Coverpage; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Preface; Introduction Religion: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?; Part I Emerging Challenges for Religious Understanding; 1 Re-envisioning Conflict, Dialogue, and Transformation: The Imperative for a New Methodological Paradigm; 2 Surmounting the Wall: Religion and Conflict; 3 Virtues in a Globalized Context; 4 The People of the Book: Reconciling Religious Fundamentals with Universal Human Rights; 5 Holding Hands and Bearing Arms: A Continuing Challenge for Global Religious Communities |
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Part II Implications for Multifaith Dialogue--Assessment and Critique6 Relationship Building in the Middle East among Adversaries: Israelis and Palestinians; 7 Bejeweled Dialogue: Illuminating Deadly Conf licts in the Twenty- First Century; 8 Christian Ecumenism, Other Faiths, and the "Peace of the World"; Part III Toward a Deeper Understanding of Islam; 9 The Search for Communities of Peace: An International Ref lection on Christian- Muslim Relations; 10 How Muslims View the Scriptures of the People of the Book: Toward a Reassessment? |
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11 Broken Covenants and Broken Relationships: Guidelines for Cooperation in a World in TransitionConclusion Interfaith Interaction: Contradictions and Conf licts; Notes on Editors and Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
This book explores educational and cultural experiences of "part-time unveilers" during their degree programs in public institutions in Turkey. The term "part-time unveiler" is coined to refer to undergraduate female students who cover their hair in their private lives, but who remove the headscarf while at a Turkish university as a result of the higher education headscarf ban policy. The book is based on a qualitative study that involved one-on-one interviews with thirty participants. The book highlights how part-time unveilers understand and negotiate the policy, the challenges and opportuni |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Education and state -- Turkey
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Religion and state -- Turkey
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Universities and colleges -- Turkey
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Islamic education -- Turkey
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Hijab (Islamic clothing) -- Turkey
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Universities -- Turkey.
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Educational strategies & policy -- Turkey.
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Political control & freedoms -- Turkey.
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Islamic worship, rites & ceremonies -- Turkey.
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Cultural studies -- Turkey.
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Education.
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Education and state
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Hijab (Islamic clothing)
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Islamic education
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Religion and state
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Universities and colleges
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Turkey
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230117648 |
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0230117643 |
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