Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest: An Integrative Study of Christian and Muslim Apocalyptic ReligionThis 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 author contends that Christianity and Islam, often seen as two of the primary fundamentalist and proselytizing world faiths, remain pitted against each other in an ongoing struggle to impose their religious ideology on the rest of the world through either force or persuasion. The religious prophecies discussed in this book are largely focused on end-time or apocalyptic scenarios (such as the Book of Revelation from the Bible's New Testament, the prophesized hour of judgment in the Quran, and the Book of Tribulations in the Hadith). The final two chapters provide an analysis of current world politics, including the Iraq War, within the context of Christian and Islamic prophecy. |
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... first as religious entities distinct from their adversaries. It is religious di›erences that are at the foundation of this political struggle. A more religiously homogenous Middle East might not have witnessed the kind of blood bath the ...
... first chapter, of Jehovah's throne being carried around by four cherubs. Ezekiel sees the vision after eating the pages of a strange book. During the vision, God commands Ezekiel to enjoin righteousness on his countrymen if they are to ...
... First Book of the Mahdi. It is widely held that prior to Jesus' second coming, the Madhi will return as Islam's savior and lay grounds for establishing the faith all over the world, though it must be mentioned here that Hadith ...
... First and the Last” (Rev. 22:¡3). Muslims also resort to public declarations about their faith being the ultimate truth and their scripture, the Quran, the “Final Testament superseding” the New Testament of the Christians. Another ...
... first recorded in Greek instead. Jesus did not know a word of Greek. The doctrines of the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, original sin, and the vicarious atonement by his alleged death on the cross, originated with Paul—not Jesus. Paul ...
Contents
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Mahdi Islams Archetypal Redeemer and Other Muslim Messiahs | 45 |
Jesus Son of God or Muslim Prophet? | 60 |
Christian Fundamentalism Then and Now | 74 |
Jihad A Theoretical and Historical Framework | 91 |
Osama bin Laden and His Terrorist Agenda | 116 |
Conclusion Beyond Prophecy | 149 |
Appendix 1 The Lesser Signs of the Hour | 167 |
Appendix 2 The Greater Signs of the Hour | 169 |
Explanation of Islamic Terms Used in the Book | 171 |
Chapter Notes | 173 |
Bibliography | 177 |
Index | 179 |
The World Today | 131 |