Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam
Oneworld Publications · Hardcover · August 9, 2022
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Trace four mahdi claimants through Sunni Islam’s apocalyptic traditions, thought, legacies, and historical movements.
- Genres
- Eschatology (End Times), Sunni Islam, Islamic History
- Published
- Oneworld Publications, August 9, 2022
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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.
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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.
Sunni Mahdi Movements
Trace four mahdi claimants through Sunni Islam’s apocalyptic traditions, thought, legacies, and historical movements.
Come here for
- The religious thought of Ibn Tumart, Jawnpuri, Muhammad Ahmad, and Ghulam Ahmad
- Connections to classical Muslim ideas about apocalypse
Expect
- Four claimants from different times and places, studied in their historical contexts
- Consideration of each movement’s legacy
Where it sits
| Sunni Islam | 78% |
|---|---|
| Eschatology (End Times) | 52% |
| Islamic History | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Islamic History
- Sunni Islam
- Islamic Theology
- Eschatology (End Times)
- Authors
- Yohanan Friedmann
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Published
- August 9, 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Islamic History