Timothy R. Furnish
Autore di Holiest Wars: Islamic Mahdis, Their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden
Sull'Autore
Timothy R. Furnish teaches world history at Georgia Perimeter College.
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- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Istruzione
- Ohio State University (PhD ∙ Islamic History)
- Attività lavorative
- linguist (Arabic)
- Organizzazioni
- United States Army (Chaplain)
- Breve biografia
- My name is Timothy R. Furnish and I'm a Ph.D. in Islamic history (Ohio State, 2001) who works as a consultant, researcher and author on the topics of Islam, Mahdism, Jihadism, Shi`ism, other Islamic sects, the Caliphate and Eschatology in general. During the Reagan years I was an Arabic linguist in the 101st Airborne Division; later I was commissioned and trained as a (Christian) Army chaplain, although eventually opting for an academic, rather than a military-pastoral, career. My personal research specializations are Islamic eschatology (end of time beliefs), Mahdism, Islamic fundamentalism, jihadism, the Hidden Imam and how all of these relate to modern politics. I am also a huge J.R.R. Tolkien fan and writing, believe it or not, a new book on the military and political history of Middle-earth.
http://www.mahdiwatch.org/id1.html
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Holiest Wars: Islamic Mahdis, Their Jihads, and… di Timothy R. Furnish
NO OF PAGES: 180 SUB CAT I: Islam SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Scholars estimate that a fifth of the world's population is Muslim, and this figure is growing rapidly. Traditionally, very few people in the West are familiar with the specific beliefs of Islam, but in an increasingly interconnected global society, there is growing interest in gaining a clearer understanding of the faith. This text, written by an American scholar, highlights one of the lesser-known aspects of Islam called Mahdism, which centers belief on a "rightly guided one," a prophet who will at some point return to earth to rally Muslims and make the world right. This belief is powerful and potentially dangerous, and deserves the attention it receives in this volume.NOTES: Purchased from the Amazon Marketplace. SUBTITLE: Islamic Mahdis, Their Jihads, and Osama bin Laden… (altro)
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