Apocalypse Postponed: Interpretations of the End-Times in 20th Century Islamic Writings

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dc.contributor.advisorCook, David B.
dc.creatorRikab, Waleed
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T20:50:41Z
dc.date.created2022-05
dc.date.issued2022-04-08
dc.date.submittedMay 2022
dc.date.updated2022-10-05T20:50:42Z
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dc.description.abstractThis dissertation studies how apocalyptic writings featured in ideologies and political programs representing Sunni Islam in the 20th- and 21st-century Middle East. A diverse body of writings commanding different levels of religious authority, these texts have inspired a variety of attunements to society, from investment in societal progress to the abandonment and rejection of society, and from local struggles to expansionist programs of conquest. In highlighting this diversity, I work against misconceptions of apocalyptic Islamic writings as having a single, fixed ideological program. In scrutinizing these various outlooks and the ideologies of their proponents, I also propose new categories that explain the differences and commonalities between diverging understandings of the apocalyptic in Sunni Islam, and how this divergence works with and reacts to changing political and economic conditions.
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dc.identifier.citationRikab, Waleed. "Apocalypse Postponed: Interpretations of the End-Times in 20th Century Islamic Writings." (2022) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113509">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113509</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113509
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectIslam
dc.subjectPolitics
dc.subject20th Century
dc.subjectEgypt
dc.subjectSyria
dc.subjectIraq
dc.subjectReform
dc.subjectSunni
dc.subjectapocalypse
dc.titleApocalypse Postponed: Interpretations of the End-Times in 20th Century Islamic Writings
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentReligious Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanities
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
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