Recep Şentürk

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Recep Şentürk (* 1964 in Çankırı ) is a Turkish Islamic clergyman and religious sociologist .

He is professor of sociology at Fatih University in Istanbul , founded in 1996 , where he has been working since 2006. He previously taught at the Art Institute of Pittsburg , the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and the Emory University School of Law .

He received his BA from the Faculty of Theology of Marmara University , the MA from the Philosophical Faculty of Istanbul University and the Ph.D. at Columbia University in New York . He then worked at the "Center for Islamic Studies" at Diyanet . From 2002 to 2003 he conducted research on human rights at Emory University .

In 2008 he was one of the delegation participants of the 2nd seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum ( Catholic-Muslim Forum ).

He has published in English, Turkish and Arabic, including numerous magazine articles and a work on the sociology of the hadith tradition from 610 to 1505.

Works (selection)

  • Narrative Social Structure: Anatomy of the Hadith Transmission Network, 610-1505 . Stanford, Calif .; Stanford Univ. Press; 2005
  • Islamic Reformist Discourses and Intellectuals in Turkey - Permanent Religion with Dynamic Law , book chapter in: Shireen Hunter: Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity Routledge 2014, p. 227 ff.

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References and footnotes

  1. ^ Berkleycenter.georgetown.edu
  2. ↑ acommonword.com: Delegations to the 'Second Catholic-Muslim Forum' ( A common word between us and you )
  3. ↑ translated title: "Narrative Social Structure: Anatomy of the Network of Hadith Tradition, 610-1505"
Recep Şentürk (alternative names of the lemma)
Recep Sentürk; Recep Senturk
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SURNAME Şentürk, Recep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish Islamic clergyman and sociologist of religion
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Çankırı