Apocalypse, Again: Language, Temporality, and Repetition in an Afghan Apocalypse
The article focuses on alternative approach of the apocalyptic and agility as we pose larger questions of temporality and history in the study of Islam. It mentions apocalyptic language is an unveiling of the ideological weight of our own language about the apocalyptic and its place in the study of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Cross currents
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 260-282 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Afghanistan
/ Sufism
/ Apocalypticism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Apocalypse B Religious Studies B Sufi literature B Mogul Empire |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The article focuses on alternative approach of the apocalyptic and agility as we pose larger questions of temporality and history in the study of Islam. It mentions apocalyptic language is an unveiling of the ideological weight of our own language about the apocalyptic and its place in the study of religion. It also mentions Roshaniyya were a millenarian Sufi group popular with Afghan populations in the northwestern regions of the Mughal Empire. |
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| ISSN: | 1939-3881 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cross currents
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/cros.12311 |