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Socio-political Impacts of Messianic Beliefs on the Abu Musli ...
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- Title: Socio-political Impacts of Messianic Beliefs on the Abu Muslim Revolution during the Umayyad Dynasty
- Author(s): Khadijeh Salimi, Hossein Moftakhari, Homay Rezvani
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Religion in Society
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society
- Keywords: Messianic Movement, Political, Charismatic, Abu Moslem, Persian
- Volume: 5
- Issue: 4
- Date: July 24, 2015
- ISSN: 2154-8633 (Print)
- ISSN: 2154-8641 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v05i04/51121
- Citation: Salimi, Khadijeh, Hossein Moftakhari, and Homay Rezvani. 2015. "Socio-political Impacts of Messianic Beliefs on the Abu Muslim Revolution during the Umayyad Dynasty." The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society 5 (4): 39-52. doi:10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v05i04/51121.
- Extent: 14 pages
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Abstract
The objective of present study is to determine the political effects of Messianic belief on the Abu Moslem movement along with its social consequences in Persia. This study proposes that the messianic belief led to the political revolution of Abu Moslem. Niel Smelser’s theory of collective behavior was used in this study through six necessary elements for messianic tradition of collective behavior to emerge in Abu Moslem movement.
