TY - BOOK AU - Shahid,Farzana Hassan TI - Prophecy and the fundamentalist quest: an integrative study of Christian and Muslim apocalyptic religion SN - 9780786433001 AV - BP166 PY - 2008/// CY - Jefferson, North Carolina PB - McFarland KW - Islamic eschatology KW - Eschatology KW - Biblical teaching KW - Apocalyptic literature KW - History and criticism N1 - 1 (pages 177-178) and index; Sources of Christian and Islamic prophecy --; An historical struggle for ascendancy --; What the prophets of old foretold --; Mahdi, Islam's archetypal redeemer, and other Muslim messiahs --; Jesus: son of God or Muslim prophet? --; Christian fundamentalism: then and now --; Jihad: a theoretical and historical framework --; Osama bin Laden and his terrorist agenda --; The world today --; Conclusion: beyond prophecy; 2 N2 - "This work traces the origins of apocalyptic prophecy in Christianity and Islam through in-depth examinations of several texts found within the Bible, the Quran, and the Hadith. The religious prophecies discussed in this book are largely focused on end-time or apocalyptic scenarios"--Provided by publisher ER -