Public lecture: “The Life, Controversies, and Legacy of the Muslim Preacher and Scholar Fethullah Gülen” by Dr. Jon Pahl

Benbow Hall in the Brossman Center
United Lutheran Seminary
7301 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA  19119

On October 20, 2024 the Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen died. In this lecture that revisits the first critical biography in English of Gulen, which he published in 2019, Dr. Jon Pahl explores the contours of Gülen’s life, including the controversies that complicated his last years, but also his legacy in the global Hizmet (service) community that endures.

Jon Pahl, Ph.D. is the Peter Paul and Elizabeth Hagan Professor of the History of Christianity at United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg/Philadelphia. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago Divinity School, and has taught at Valparaiso, Princeton, and Temple Universities, in addition to his teaching at ULS.

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