Governing others, governing oneself: aligning individual dispositions as a member of the Gülen Movement

Our article focuses on the evolving way in which individuals produce institutionally framed work to align their dispositions to believe and act in the service of a commitment to the Gülen movement. To accompany the quest for ethical conduct on the part of the faithful, the religious institution takes on different guises over time. Initially, during the youth of the faithful in Turkey, the institution was omnipresent in transmitting self-ethical techniques to students undergoing moral training. Now that they have become professional activists, the faithful are led to put their ethical conduct into practice as missionaries in sub-Saharan Africa under the guidance of a less visible, but no less enveloping, institution.