Evolution, the Purpose of Life and the Order of Society How a Nurcu connects worldview and normativity in pseudo-biographical narratives

This essay treats the pseudo-biographical monographs with which the Turkish author Halit Ertuğrul popularizes the teachings of Said Nursi, founder of the Nurcu movement. Rejection of the theory of evolution plays a central role in these narratives, where a religious person acts as a prompter who dem...

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Published in:	Marburg Journal of Religion
Main Author:	Riexinger, Martin
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philipps-Universität Marburg 2020
Subjects:	Nurcu movement Islam and Science theory of evolution English religious narratives Nurcu creationism conversion stories Islam in Turkey
Online Access:	Online Access
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