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Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism Paperback - 1981

by Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina


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The topic of this book is vital to the understanding of contemporary developments in Iran and other areas of the Islamic world in which Shi'ism is a significant social and religious force. Islamic tradition in general speaks about the appearance of the Mahdi, or divinely guided messianic leader, from among the descendants of the prophet. In Shi'ism, belief in the Mahdi is the foundation on which the entire spiritual and temporal edifice rests.

Sachedina's purpose is to examine this key belief in the Mahdi and the doctrinal evolution of the idea of the Mahdi in early Imamite sources. Sachedina compares the Judeo-Christian conception of Messiah and the Shi'ite conception of Mahdi and discusses the developing relationship between the Shi'ite Muslims and political regimes. His primary sources on the development of doctrinal ideas about the Mahdi are the works of early Imamite scholars who developed their ideas when they were in a minority position in the Islamic world.

As the first comprehensive study of the idea of the Mahdi, Islamic Messianism provides a valuable guide to students in religious studies and Islamics as well as to students of Iranian history and politics.

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  • Title Islamic Messianism: The Idea of Mahdi in Twelver Shi'ism
  • Author Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State University of New York Press, Albany
  • Date 1981-06
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary
  • ISBN 9780873954587 / 0873954580
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.03 x 5.87 x 0.54 in (22.94 x 14.91 x 1.37 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 80016767
  • Dewey Decimal Code 297.23

About the author

Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia.
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