Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam

Messianic Ideas and Movements in Sunni Islam
Yohanan Friedmann
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2 Jun 2022 UK
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9780861543113
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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.
' Friedmann offers a clear and succinct account of Sunni mahdism in history. . . An excellent launchpad for anyone wishing to make the acquaintance of the Sunni mahdi. ' -- Christian Lange, Professor and Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Utrecht ' Through his past monographs to this work, Friedmann has examined thoroughly, with impressive erudition and subtle reflections, the role of prophetic figures in mediating between God and humankind. ' -- Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Professor, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - Universite PSL (Sorbonne) ' This excellent book brings into focus the stories, systems of thought and movements created by four mahdis active in different times and places, from medieval al-Andalus to modern India. Friedmann draws upon his in-depth knowledge of the classical Islamic sources to magisterially reveal the inspiration and the interpretative capacities of these leaders, and in so doing he challenges the idea that mahdism is a phenomenon related to Shi' i rather than to Sunni Islam. He adroitly uses these four central characters to show how the expectation of a redeemer translates into political movements, with mostly tragic consequences. ' -- Mercedes Garcia-Arenal, Research Professor, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Yohanan Friedmann is Max Schloessinger Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1993 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 A? mad Sirhindi and Tolerance and Coercion in Islam.
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ISBN-13: 9780861543113
Published: 2 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 352

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