Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature

Author : David Cook
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815631958
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature written by David Cook and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although apocalyptic visions and predictions have long been part of classical and contemporary Islam, this book is the first scholarly work to cover this disparate but influential body of writing. David Cook puts the literature in context by examining not only the ideological concerns prompting apocalyptic material but its interconnection with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Arab relations with the United States and other Western nations, and the role of violence in the Middle East. Cook suggests that Islam began as an apocalyptic movement and has retained a strong apocalyptic and messianic trend. One of his most striking discoveries is the influence of non-Islamic sources on contemporary Muslim apocalyptic beliefs. He trenchantly discusses the influence of non-Islamic sources on contemporary Muslim apocalyptic writing, tracing anti-Semitic strains in Islamist thought in part to Western texts and traditions. Through a meticulous reading of current documents, incorporating everything from exegesis of holy texts to supernatural phenomena, Cook shows how radical Muslims, including members of al-Qa'ida, may have applied these ideas to their own agendas. By exposing the undergrowth of popular beliefs contributing to religion-driven terrorism, this book casts new light on today's political conflicts.

Author : Nu'aym B. Hammad Al-marwazi
Publisher : Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology
ISBN 13 : 9781474444088
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Tribulations: the Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition' written by Nu'aym B. Hammad Al-marwazi and published by Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Apocalypticism and Eschatology. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work The Book of Tribulations - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive.

Author : Nu'aym b. Hammad al-Marwazi
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474424112
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "e;The Book of Tribulations"e;: The Syrian Muslim Apocalyptic Tradition written by Nu'aym b. Hammad al-Marwazi and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work 'The Book of Tribulations' - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive.

Author : Nuʻaym ibn Ḥammād Khuzāʻī
Publisher : Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy
ISBN 13 : 9781474424103
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "The Book of Tribulations" written by Nuʻaym ibn Ḥammād Khuzāʻī and published by Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work The Book of Tribulations - the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive.

Author : Jean-Pierre Filiu
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520264312
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocalypse in Islam written by Jean-Pierre Filiu and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an eye-opening exploration of a troubling phenomenon: the fast-growing belief in Muslim countries that the end of the world is at hand. Jean-Pierre Filiu uncovers the role of apocalypse in Islam over the centuries, and highlights its extraordinary resurgence in recent decades.

Author : David Cook
Publisher : Darwin Press, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic written by David Cook and published by Darwin Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cook argues that apocalyptic ideas seeped into Islam from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism, among which it grew during its first century, primarily in Syria.

Author : Ostransky Bronislav Ostransky
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474439268
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jihadist Preachers of the End Times written by Ostransky Bronislav Ostransky and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on apocalyptic manifestations found in ISIS propaganda, this book situates the group's agenda in the broader framework of contemporary Muslim thought and explains key topics in millennial thinking within the spiritual context of modern Islamic apocalypticism.Based on the group's primary sources as well as medieval Muslim apocalyptic literature and its modern interpretations, the book analyses the ways ISIS presents its message concerning the Last Days as a meaningful, inventive and frightening expression of collectively shared expectations relating to the supposedly approaching the End Times.

Author : David Cook
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520244486
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Jihad written by David Cook and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2005-05-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war." Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle. This book, judiciously balanced, accessibly written, and highly relevant to today's events, unravels the tangled historical, intellectual, and political meanings of jihad. Looking closely at a range of sources from sacred Islamic texts to modern interpretations, [This book] opens a critically important perspective on the role of Islam in the contemporary world. [The author] also describes some of the conflicts that occur in radical groups and shows how the more mainstream supporters of these groups have come to understand and justify violence.-Back cover.

Author : Suzanne Schneider
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1839762411
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apocalypse and the End of History written by Suzanne Schneider and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the political violence of modern jihad echoes the crises of western liberalism In this authoritative, accessible study, historian Suzanne Schneider examines the politics and ideology of the Islamic State (better known as ISIS). Schneider argues that today’s jihad is not the residue from a less enlightened time, nor does it have much in common with its classical or medieval form, but it does bear a striking resemblance to the reactionary political formations and acts of spectacular violence that are upending life in Western democracies. From authoritarian populism to mass shootings, xenophobic nationalism, and the allure of conspiratorial thinking, Schneider argues that modern jihad is not the antithesis to western neoliberalism, but rather a dark reflection of its inner logic. Written with the sensibility of a political theorist and based on extensive research into a wide range of sources, from Islamic jurisprudence to popular recruitment videos, contemporary apocalyptic literature and the Islamic State's Arabic-language publications, the book explores modern jihad as an image of a potential dark future already heralded by neoliberal modes of life. Surveying ideas of the state, violence, identity, and political community, Schneider argues that modern jihad and neoliberalism are two versions of a politics of failure: the inability to imagine a better life here on earth.

Author : David Cook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521615518
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Martyrdom in Islam written by David Cook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description