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Apocalypse in Islam / Jean-Pierre Filiu ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.Description: xxi, 260 p. ,[8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780520264311 (hc. : alk. paper)
Uniform titles:
  • Apocalypse dans l'islam. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BP166.8  .F4513 2011
Contents:
Prologue: the end of the world draws near -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- Archeology of the end of the world -- Grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- Dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad -- The beginning of the end in Iraq -- The grand return of the Shiʻi Mahdi -- Diasporas of the apocalypse -- The armageddon of jihad -- Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond.
Item type: Books
Holdings
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BP 166.8 .F4513 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA017311 Available AUA017311

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-250) and index.

Prologue: the end of the world draws near -- True and false messiahs of Islam -- Archeology of the end of the world -- Grand masters of the medieval apocalypse -- Avatars of the Mahdi -- Apocalypse now -- Dawn of the fifteenth century of Islam -- Pioneers of the contemporary apocalypse -- The horsemen of apocalyptic jihad -- The beginning of the end in Iraq -- The grand return of the Shiʻi Mahdi -- Diasporas of the apocalypse -- The armageddon of jihad -- Epilogue: through the looking glass-and beyond.