Jesus & Muhammad as Charismatic Leaders

 Jesus & Muhammad as Charismatic Leaders -
A Muslim Perspective,
[A5+] Hardback - 168 pages,
by Ibrahim Gorener,
Published in Turkey.





Description :


Both Jesus, peace be upon him, and Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had their differences in terms of their personalities, social, religious, geographical, economic conditions, and backgrounds yet each was called to a prophetic mission by the same Divine Being and their acts conformed to the ideal-type, charisma, and charismatic leader in the terminology of Weber.

Gorener not only expounds the prophetic leadership of both Jesus, peace be upon him, and Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from a sociological point of view in reference to Weber's definitions of the terms ideal type and charismatic leadership, but also compares the prophetic roles of Jesus, peace be upon him, and Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the impact of their charismatic leadership within their distinctive social settings. Further, this study should be considered as the first attempt to compare Jesus, peace be upon him, and Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from a Weberian perspective.

Table of Contents :

---Foreword     7


---[1]. A Weberian Analysis of Prophets as Charismatic Leaders     17
---[2]. Social Background of Jesus and Muhammad     47
---[3]. Jesus and Muhammad as Charismatic Leaders     71
---[4]. Social Reception     101
---[5]. Conclusion     125.


---Notes     135
---Bibliography      147
---Index     161




About the Author :  Ibrahim Gorener  is Associate Professor of Tafseer (Qur'anic Interpretation) at Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey. He has published works on methodology of interpretation of the Qur'an, Qur'anic hermeneutics. His recent publications include Methodology of Qur'anic Hermeneutics (in Turkish, Kayseri, 2004).

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