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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... Infidels—identified largely as Christian and Jewish forces. Armageddon for example will not occur between Islam and Hinduism, or Islam and Secularism, Atheism or Buddhism, although many of these forces may align themselves with either ...
... to be freed from “infidel” rule. Western nations had colonized the Muslim world and saw the e›orts of Islam as “pernicious.” Similarly, the Byzantine Empire, which had fallen to 18 Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest.
... infidels came to be slowly abandoned as an achievable goal. Although there were five other Crusades fought after the Byzantine defeat, the era of the Crusades came to a close o‡cially in the year ¡270 CE. Not so in Muslim Spain, where ...
... infidels. The Muslim capital had been moved to Granada during those years of anarchy and confusion. In ¡¡99 CE, Abdullah ez Zagal came to rule the Muslim state of Granada. Although sincere in his mission to once again consolidate ...
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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 |