Prophecy and the fundamentalist quest
Subtitle: an integrative study of Christian and Muslim apocalyptic religion
By: Farzana Hassan ; foreword by John S. Niles.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780786433001
Subjects: Eschatology, Islamic; Eschatology -- Biblical teaching; Armageddon -- Biblical teaching; Eschatology -- Comparative studies; Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism
Genres: Comparative studies.
Description: "This work traces the origins of apocalyptic prophecy in Christianity and Islam through in-depth examinations of several texts found within the Bible, the Quran, and the Hadith. The religious prophecies discussed in this book are largely focused on end-time or apocalyptic scenarios"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-178) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sources of Christian and Islamic prophecy; title: An historical struggle for ascendancy; title: What the prophets of old foretold; title: Mahdi, Islam's archetypal redeemer, and other Muslim messiahs; title: Jesus: son of God or Muslim prophet?; title: Christian fundamentalism: then and now; title: Jihad: a theoretical and historical framework; title: Osama bin Laden and his terrorist agenda; title: The world today; title: Conclusion: beyond prophecy.