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Informationen zum Autor Abbas Amanat is Professor of History at Yale University. He is the author of Pivot of the Universe: Nasir aldin Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy, 1851-1896 and of Imagining the End: Visions of Apocalypse from the Ancient Middle East to Contemporary America, both published by I.B. Tauris Klappentext Addresses the colourful and diverse history of Shi' Islam in both premodern and contemporary times. Focusing specifically on the importance of apocalypticism in the development of modern Shi'i theology! this book shows how an immersion in messianic ideas has shaped the conservative character of much Shi'i thinking. Vorwort Addresses the colourful and diverse history of Shi' Islam in both premodern and contemporary times. Focusing specifically on the importance of apocalypticism in the development of modern Shi'i theology, this book shows how an immersion in messianic ideas has shaped the conservative character of much Shi'i thinking. Zusammenfassung Addresses the colourful and diverse history of Shi' Islam in both premodern and contemporary times. Focusing specifically on the importance of apocalypticism in the development of modern Shi'i theology, this book shows how an immersion in messianic ideas has shaped the conservative character of much Shi'i thinking. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
