Description In The Apocalypse of Empire , Stephen J.
Shoemaker looks to the Qur\'an\'s fervent representation of the imminent end of the world and the importance Muhammad and his earliest followers placed on imperial.
Shoemaker argues that earliest Islam was a movement driven by urgent eschatological belief that focused on the conquest, or liberation, of the biblical Holy Land and situates this belief within a broader cultural environment of apocalyptic anticipation.
Description In The Apocalypse of Empire , Stephen J