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11. Making Authority from Apocalypse: Three Cases from Classical Islam


 
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1. Title Title of document 11. Making Authority from Apocalypse: Three Cases from Classical Islam - Buddhist Violence and Religious Authority
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Jamel Velji; Claremont McKenna College; United States
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Buddhist Studies
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) Michael Jerryson; Buddhism and violence; religion and violence; religious nationalism; Buddhist history; Burma; religious authority
 
5. Subject Subject classification Buddhism and Violence
 
6. Description Abstract Michael Jerryson’s work on religion and violence in Buddhist traditions insists on an appreciation of how various actors gain authority to advocate for the violent interpretation of religious texts. A contextual understanding of the dynamic forces involved in the construction of authority can also help us to understand the ubiquitous phenomenon of charismatic religious authority across religious traditions more broadly, a concept that has been under theorized in the study of religion. Using examples from lesser-known apocalyptically charged movements in classical Islam, this article examines the relationship between the construction of authority and various phases of the apocalyptic myth (its imminence, its distance and its reinterpretation). My examples are drawn from three rival movements (the Fatimids, the Abbasids, and the Almohads) who each deployed iterations of the apocalyptic myth to build and consolidate authority.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 05-Oct-2022
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/40732
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.40732
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Buddhist Violence and Religious Authority
 
16. Language English=en en
 
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