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Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam

 
AuthorAbbas Amanat
 
Title of item
Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam
 
Pages
237-246
Parent publication   The Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism, vol. III: Apocalypticism in the Modern Period and the Contemporary Age
 
Publisher of this ed.
New York: Continuum
Date of this edition 2000
LanguageEnglish
Permission Fair use (see notes on copyright)
Typed 2002-08 by Vahid Brown
Posted 2002-09-01 by Jonah Winters
Proofread 2002-08 by Vahid Brown
Formatted 2002-09 by Jonah Winters
Classified in Book excerpts and Encyclopedia articles
URLbahai-library.com/amanat_resurgence_apocalyptic_islam
Abstract Shi'i Mahdism, beliefs on the end of time, and overview of the rise of the Bábí Faith.
Notes Full article comprises pages 230-254; included below are pages 237-246. The first 7 pages are devoted to modern neo-Sufi messianic movements in Africa — Tijaniyya, Sanusiyya, etc. — and the Sudanese Mahdi. The final sections of the article survey the Ahmadis, "Islamic utopianism" in the thought of Iqbal, Abduh and Rida, Hasan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb, and then the Iranian revolution.
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