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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Main Author: Sherman, William E. B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2018
In: Cross currents
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 260-282
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Afghanistan / Sufism / Apocalypticism
RelBib 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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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.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12311