Prophetic Charisma
Prophetic Charisma

Author: Len Oakes

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 1997-11-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780815603986

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New religious movements—or so-called “cults”—continue to attract and mystify us. While mainstream America views cults as an insidious mix of apocalyptic beliefs, science fiction, and paranoia, with new vehicles such as the World Wide Web, they are becoming even more influential as the millennium approaches. Len Oakes—a former member of such a movement—explores the phenomenon of cult leaders. He examines the psychology of charisma and proposes his own theory of the five-stage life cycle of the two types of prophets: the messianic and the charismatic.

The Heirs of the Prophet
The Heirs of the Prophet

Author: Liyakat N. Takim

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0791481913

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2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title After the death of the Prophet Muhammad, different religious factions within the Muslim community laid claim to the Prophet's legacy. Drawing on research from Sunni and Shi>ite literature, Liyakat N. Takim explores how these various groups, including the caliphs, scholars, Sufi holy men, and the Shi>ite imams and their disciples, competed to be the Prophetic heirs. The book also illustrates how the tradition of the "heirs of the Prophet" was often a polemical tool used by its bearers to demand obedience and loyalty from the Muslim community by imposing an authoritative rendition of texts, beliefs, and religious practices. Those who did not obey were marginalized and demonized. While examining the competition for Muhammad's charismatic authority, Takim investigates the Shi>ite self-understanding of authority and argues that this was an important factor in the formation of a distinct Shi>ite leadership. The Heirs of the Prophet also provides a new understanding of textual authority in Islam by examining authority construction and the struggle for legitimacy evidenced in Islamic biographical dictionaries.

Heinrich Bullinger on Prophecy and the Prophetic Office (1523–1538)
Heinrich Bullinger on Prophecy and the Prophetic Office (1523–1538)

Author: Daniël Timmerman

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published: 2015-02-18

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 3647550892

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It has often been noted that the Protestant Reformation of the early sixteenth century witnessed a revived interest in the scriptural notions of prophets and prophecy. Drawing from both late medieval apocalyptic expectations of the immanent end of the world and from a humanist revival of biblical studies, the prophet appeared to many as a suitable role model for the Protestant preacher. A prominent proponent of this prophetic model was the Swiss theologian and church leader Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575). This study by Daniël Timmerman presents the first in-depth investigation of Bullinger's concept of prophecy and his understanding of the prophetic office. It also engages with the history of the Zurich institute for the study of the Scriptures, which has become widely known as the »Prophezei«.

Charisma, Medieval and Modern
Charisma, Medieval and Modern

Author: Peter Iver Kaufman

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 303842000X

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This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Charisma, Medieval and Modern" that was published in Religions

Prophecy and Apocalyptic
Prophecy and Apocalyptic

Author: D. Brent Sandy

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0801026016

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A current and accessible guide to the literature on Old Testament prophecy.

Fundamentalist Phenomenology
Fundamentalist Phenomenology

Author: Anab Whitehouse

Publisher: Bilquees Press

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13:

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Three issues of paramount importance -- namely, fundamentalism, spiritual abuse, and terrorism -- are brought together in one volume in a way that delineates the interconnected dynamics of these topics. Moreover, these central themes are engaged from a variety of perspectives ranging from, on the one hand, psychology, sociology and philosophy, to, on the other hand, history, political science, and religion. The author draws upon more than forty-five years of experience on the Sufi path to lend a unique perspective to the manner in which terrorism, fundamentalism, and spiritual abuse are explored and analyzed throughout the book.

Varieties of Psychological Inquiry - Volume 2
Varieties of Psychological Inquiry - Volume 2

Author: Anab Whitehouse

Publisher: Bilquees Press

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13:

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'Varieties of Psychological Inquiry' consists of twenty-five essays (distributed across two volumes) that venture into various facets of psychology - ranging from: Freud. Jung and Sullivan, to: Piaget, Sheldrake, and beyond. Among the topics explored are: Anxiety, dissociation, abuse, charisma, developmental psychology, the 'God gene', SSRIs, memory, chronobiology, neurobiology, consciousness, and holographic theories of mind. While no particular theory of psychology is espoused during the pages of this two volume work, a variety of theoretical and empirical issues are critically explored and reflected upon in considerable detail. In a sense, the direction in which the essays of this book point is toward epistemological horizons where what is known (possibly) seeks to merge with what is not, yet, known.

The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam
The Presence of the Prophet in Early Modern and Contemporary Islam

Author: Rachida Chih

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9004466754

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This second collective volume of the series The Presence of the Prophet explores the growing importance of the figure of the Prophet Muhammad for questions of authority and power in early modern and modern times. The authors provide a rich collection of case studies on how Muhammad’s material, spiritual, and genealogical heritage has been claimed for the foundation of Muslim empires, revolutionary movements, the formation of modern nation states and ideologies, as well as for communal mobilization and social reform. This novel comparative, and diachronic study, which is unique for its wide coverage of regional cases and perspectives, reveals diverse political representations of the Prophet in an increasingly globalised struggle over the control of his image between secularization and sacralization. Contributors Gianfranco Bria, Rachida Chih, Christoph Günther, Gottfried Hagen, Jan-Peter Hartung, David Jordan, Soraya Khodamoradi, Jamal Malik, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Alix Philippon, Martin Riexinger, Stefan Reichmuth, Dilek Sarmis, Renaud Soler, Jaafar Ben El Haj Soulami, Florian Zemmin.

God's Self-confident Daughters
God's Self-confident Daughters

Author: Anne Jensen

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780664256722

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In this study, Anne Jensen provides an exhaustive account of the many roles that women played in the early church and their subsequent marginalization by the later church. This book is required reading for anyone interested in the history of the church and its impact on the lives of women throughout the ages.