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full details for
Resurgence of Apocalyptic in Modern Islam| |
| Author | Abbas 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 |
| Language | English |
| 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 |
| URL | bahai-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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