Islamic Theology in the Turkish Republic

Abstract

This book concerns the tradition of Islamic religious thought written in the modern Turkish language in the modern nation of Turkey. T is book argues that Islamic theology in the Turkish Republic constitutes a distinct tradition of ref ection on the Islamic doctrine of the Oneness of God (tawḥīd in Arabic; tevhid in Turkish) as it relates to the intellectual, social and politi- cal context of modernity. Put simply, Islamic theology in the modern Turkish language, or what will simply be called ‘modern Turkish theology’ through- out this book, revolves around the question of what it means to believe in the One God in the context of modernity. T is book will thematically explore the ways in which Islamic theology in the Turkish Republic seeks to answer the question: what are the implica- tions of believing in tevhid in the modern era? What does it mean to believe in tevhid in the context of modern social thought, modern political thought, modern scientif c cosmology or modern conceptions of gender and sexual- ity? T rough a thematic analysis of modern Turkish theologians’ handling of these and other related topics, this book will trace how Islamic theology in the Turkish Republic can be viewed holistically as a tradition that developed in order to answer what it means to be a Muslim believer in the One God in the specif c context of modernity and modernisation.