| Messianism and Puritanical Reform: Mahdīs of the Muslim West Contributor(s): Garcia-Arenal, Mercedes (Author) |
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ISBN: 900415051X ISBN-13: 9789004150515 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $233.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: This book is a valuable contribution to the study of messianism and millenarianism in the history of Muslim Spain and pre-Modern Moroco presented in a broader framework of research on Muslim eschatological beliefs and Islamic ideas on legitimate power. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 297.24 |
| LCCN: 2005058261 |
| Series: Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World |
| Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.46" W x 9.68" (1.75 lbs) 391 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a book about revolutionary movements of a messianic and millenarian character, led by a "mahdi", in Islamic terms, a charismatic messianic leader. It also addresses the question of mediation between God and men and the political repercussions of this question in the history of the pre-Modern Muslim West. Mahdism is considered in relation to sufi ideas, terminology and symbols which shape notions of authority and of legitimate power when claiming direct, intimate contact between the holy and the divine. The relationship between mahdism and the legitimacy of power, the process by which the messianic paradigm becomes inseparable from the claim to the caliphate are amply discussed. The contents of the book range from the times of the Muslim conquest of North Africa and Iberia, to the first part of the XVIIth century with the end of Muslim Iberia and the beginnings of European intervention in Morocco. |