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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... interpreted as containing exact information about eschatological occurrences. There are many parallels between the two ... interpretation, many have claimed messiahship in modern times within Christendom, such as the Rev. Sun Myung Moon ...
... interpretation, however, arise as to how these will play out in terms of their impact on Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Muslims claim that the Quran contains scientific information not known at the time of its revelation. In that sense ...
... interpreting and describing their impact on current a›airs have emerged, both in the medieval era and modern times. The most authoritative commentary of end-time scenarios is ascribed to the fourteenth-century scholar Ibn Kathir, who ...
... interpretation and understanding of religious precepts and aspirations that often surface in the popular commentaries of the prophesied events. It is often claimed, for example, that biblical references to political alliances ...
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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 |