Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi'ism. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Abbas Amanat.
• Other Names: Amanat, Abbas
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgements and CitationsNote on TransliterationIntroductionPart One: Apocalypticism in the Islamic Middle EastApocalyptic Anxieties and Millennial Hopes in the Salvation Religions of the Middle EastThe Resurgence of the Apocalyptic in Modern IslamPart Two: Millennial Cycles and Commemorating MartyrsThe Nuqtavi Movement of Mahmud Pasikhani and His Persian Cycle of Mystical-MaterialismNuqtavi Agnostics and Shaping of the Doctrine of 'Universal Peace' (sulh-i kull) in Mughal IndiaMeadow of the Martyrs: Kashifi's Persianisation of the Shi'i Martyrdom Part Three: The Babi Movement and the Baha'i FaithThe Persian Bayan and the Shaping of the Babi Renewal in IranThe Historical Roots of the Babi and the Baha'i Persecution in IranPart Four: Clerical Encounters with ModernityMujtahids and Missionaries: Shi'i Responses to Christian Polemics in the Early Qajar PeriodIn Between the Madrassa and the Marketplace: the Designation of Clerical Leadership in Modern Shi'ismFrom ijtihad to wilayat-i faqih: The Evolving of the Shi'i Legal Authority to Political PowerPart Five: Satan and Salvation in the Islamic RevolutionKhomeini's Great Satan: Demonizing the American Other in the Islamic Revolution of IranMessianic Aspirations in Contemporary Iran.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 297.82; Shīʿah -- History; Shīʿah -- Political aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786729521; 1786729520
• Related ISBNs: 9781845111243
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