Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam - Couverture rigide

Friedmann, Yohanan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0861543114 ISBN 13 : 9780861543113

Editeur : Oneworld Academic, 2022

Synopsis

A fascinating, in-depth exploration of the messianic idea in Sunni Islam through four significant movements from different times and places

Expectation of a redeemer is a widespread phenomenon across many civilizations. Classical Islamic traditions maintain that the mahdi will transform our world by making Islam the sole religion, and that he will do so in collaboration with Jesus, who will return as a Muslim and play a major role in this apocalyptic endeavour.

While the messianic idea has been most often discussed in relation to Shi'i Islam, it is highly important in the Sunni branch as well. In this groundbreaking work, Yohanan Friedmann explores its roots in Sunni Islam, and studies four major mahdi claimants - Ibn Tumart, Sayyid Muhammad Jawnpuri, Muhammad Ahmad and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad - who made a considerable impact in the regions where they emerged. Focusing on their religious thought, and relating it to classical Muslim ideas on the apocalypse, he examines their movements and considers their achievements, failures and legacies - including the ways in which they prefigured some radical Islamic groups of modern times.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Yohanan Friedmann is Max Schloessinger Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Professor at Shalem College, Jerusalem. In 2003 he received the Landau Prize in the Humanities, and in 2016 he was awarded both the Israel Prize for Near Eastern Studies and the Rothschild Prize in the Humanities. His publications include Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi and Tolerance and Coercion in Islam.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oneworld Academic
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0861543114
• ISBN 13: 9780861543113
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368
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