Marco Demichelis
Biographic Data
| ID | 1114235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marco Demichelis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marco |
| FAMILY NAME | Demichelis |
| SIGNATURE | DEMICHELIS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bologna |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3934-1358 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“Martyrium Arethae Arabice”
The Mythological Control of the River Nile
‘Hail to thee, O Nile, who came out of the earth, who came to make Egypt live!’ Thus reads the preamble of an ancient hymn dedicated to the god Hapi, the embodiment of the fertility of the flooding of the River Nile (to be distinguished from a personification of the river itself), probably recited by a member of the ancient Egyptian priesthood. From the earliest times, the Nile’s annual floods of were of great importance to the wealth of this lan…
The Conciliarist Idea of Islam in the Quattrocento-Prelude and Legacy
This contribution intends to examine the impact of Conciliarism (1414-1439) on the Christian vision of Islam in the Quattrocento. The analysis of the thought of bishops such as Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464) and John of Segovia (d. 1458) is understandable only through the evolution of the Latin world with regard to Islam, moving from the Corpus Toletanum (12th century) and the impact of the Crusades in the Levant (1096-1291) and in Europe. This forwa…
Iran, donne e rivolte, written by Sara Hejazi
Introduction
The relationship between History and the Islamic revelation has been debated in Academia over the last few decades; its complex framework has usually been investigated in aspects such as the form, the language and the facets of structure that have not always been considered as relevant in the analysis of a historical milieu
Fanā’ al-Nār Within Early Kalām and Mysticism
The annihilation of the fire (fanā’ al-nār), is an expression used by Ibn Taymiyya in Al-Radd ‘alā man Qāla bi-Fanā’ al-Janna wa-l-Nār. It acts as a rejoinder to those who maintain that the annihilation of the Garden and the Fire within Islamic theology is a fascinating theory that could quite easily be confused with the Christian Patristic apokatastasis or the falsafa cosmological hypothesis, which emerged in the works of al-Kindī (d. 873) and F…
Quranic Christology in Late Antiquity. ‘Isa ibn Maryam and His Divine Power (Energeia) in the Islamic Revelation
Christology and monotheism have been dogmatically linked in the long history of Islam-Christian dialogue since the beginning of the 8th century. The Qur’an, in an analytical perception of religious otherness, specifically in relation to Christianity, assumed a dual discernment: on the one hand, it adopts a sceptical position because Christians are assimilationist (2: 120, 135, 145; 5: 51), sectarian and made Jesus the son of God (4: 171; 5: 14–19…
Violence in Early Islam
The concept of jihad holds a prominent place in Islamic thought and history. Beyond its spiritual meanings, the term has historically been associated with the sweeping Arab-Believers conquests of the 7-8th century BCE. But given advances in our understanding of the historicity and chronology of the Qur'an and early Islamic texts, is it correct to identify jihad and Islam with violent conquest? In this book, Marco Demichelis explores the history o…
Jihadism au rebours
Following its colonial project, Western Europe imposed a political and cultural understanding of state nationalism and religious homogeneity on the entire world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In parallel with this twofold process, “Religious Nationalism” emerged during the Cold War, affecting the Middle East and framing an updated Abrahamic version of religious supremacism: Wahhabi Islam, the Iranian Revolution, and Israeli Orthodox J…
Arab Christian Confederations and Muhammad's Believers
The meaning and elaboration of Jihad (just-sacred war) hold an important place in Islamic history and thought. On the far side of its spiritual meanings, the term has been historically and previously associated with the Arab Believers' conquest of the 7th-8th centuries CE. However, the main idea of this contribution is to develop the "sacralization of war" as a relevant facet that was previously elaborated by the Arab Christian (pro-Byzantine) cl…
The Khatim an-Nabiyyin (The Seal of the Prophets) and Its Inclusive Abrahamic Perspective
Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men; he is God's messenger and the Seal of the Prophets: God knows everything." (33:40). The deconstruction of the concept of "the Seal of the Prophets" through identifying its different spiritual-historical meanings is particularly important and partially analyzed through an inter-religious methodological approach. If indeed the Prophet Muhammad is undoubtedly the last of the prophets in order of tim…
Fasad, Hijra and Warlike Diaspora” from the Geographic Boundaries of Early Islam to a New Dar al-Hikma
This paper aims to emphasize the influence that “Classic” Islamic Thought had on the contemporary European-Islamic one regarding the conceptualization and action of emigration (hijra-hajara) through the geographical and juridical redefinition of the Old Continent as a new “house” (dar/bayt) in hosting a Muslim population. The analysis should also be considered in relation to the sectarian and violent phase which followed the peaceful one of the s…
Ibadi Theology. Rereading sources and scholarly works, written by Ersilia Francesca
From Nahda to Nakba
The Governmental Arab College of Jerusalem is a little-known constructed space that emerged and then disappeared in just a few decades, a remarkable while extremely limited time if we reflect on the ancient history of the town that hosted it. However, it would be a great mistake not to consider these 30 years of history, from 1918 to 1948, and especially the wealth of cultural consciousness that the College was able to instill in its students. Ih…
Islamic Liberation Theology. An Inter-Religious Reflection between Gustavo Gutierrez, Farīd Esack and Ḥamīd Dabāšī
In the published text by Ḥamīd Dabāšī, Islamic liberation theology , there is no mention within it of the essay by Farīd Esack, Qurʾān, liberation and pluralism , published in 1997, and after reading both introductions. Perhaps it will be helpful to better recognize the relationship between these two authors, and those who have gone before them (Ašgar ʿAlī Engineer and Šabbir Aḫtar), concerning Islamic Liberation Theology and Theodicy, not only i…
The Miḥna . Deconstruction and Reconsideration of the Mu‘tazilite role in the “Inquisition”
The Miḥna has usually been attributed to the Mu‘tazilite theological school as expression of something unusual, a bid‘ah (Islamic innovation) related to a rationalist group of theologians that tried, in strict political cooperation with al-Ma‘mūn, to subvert the ‘Abbāsid caliphate system. The full support of relevant political and religious authorities, during the Miḥna, to the caliph’s purpose permitted at the ‘Abbāsids to post-pone for few deca…
Between Muʿtazilism and Syncretism
The history of the ʿAbbāsid Empire in the first half of the ninth century is associated with the al-Maʾmūn caliphate and the development of Muʿtazilite theology. To better understand the complexity of the thinking underpinning this regime of twenty years’ duration, it is necessary to address the topic using a wide-ranging approach. While the connection between the Muʿtazilite theological school and the seventh ʿAbbāsid caliph has to be accepted a…
New-Mutazilite Theology in the Contemporary Age. The Relationship between Reason‚ History and Tradition
The rediscovery of rational thinking starts, in the contemporary age, during nineteenth century Nahÿah with authors such as Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1195/ 1817–1267/1889), al-AfÐ...n†1 (1216/1838–1275/1897), 3ayr al-D†n2 (1198/ 1820–1267/1889) and others, who drawing up a different theological analysis, were taking a standpoint deployed towards a vigorous rationalism. S. Ahmad Khan in his Tafs†r al-Qur1⁄2...n (published in parts from 1880-1904) argues …
Islamic Liberation Theology. An Inter-Religious Reflection between Gustavo Gutierrez, Farīd Esack and Ḥamīd Dabāšī
In the published text by Ḥamīd Dabāšī, Islamic liberation theology , there is no mention within it of the essay by Farīd Esack, Qurʾān, liberation and pluralism , published in 1997, and after reading both introductions. Perhaps it will be helpful to better recognize the relationship between these two authors, and those who have gone before them (Ašgar ʿAlī Engineer and Šabbir Aḫtar), concerning Islamic Liberation Theology and Theodicy, not only i…
The Khatim an-Nabiyyin (The Seal of the Prophets) and Its Inclusive Abrahamic Perspective
Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men; he is God's messenger and the Seal of the Prophets: God knows everything." (33:40). The deconstruction of the concept of "the Seal of the Prophets" through identifying its different spiritual-historical meanings is particularly important and partially analyzed through an inter-religious methodological approach. If indeed the Prophet Muhammad is undoubtedly the last of the prophets in order of tim…
New-Mutazilite Theology in the Contemporary Age. The Relationship between Reason‚ History and Tradition
The rediscovery of rational thinking starts, in the contemporary age, during nineteenth century Nahÿah with authors such as Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1195/ 1817–1267/1889), al-AfÐ...n†1 (1216/1838–1275/1897), 3ayr al-D†n2 (1198/ 1820–1267/1889) and others, who drawing up a different theological analysis, were taking a standpoint deployed towards a vigorous rationalism. S. Ahmad Khan in his Tafs†r al-Qur1⁄2...n (published in parts from 1880-1904) argues …
New-Mutazilite Theology in the Contemporary Age. The Relationship between Reason‚ History and Tradition
The rediscovery of rational thinking starts, in the contemporary age, during nineteenth century Nahÿah with authors such as Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1195/ 1817–1267/1889), al-AfÐ...n†1 (1216/1838–1275/1897), 3ayr al-D†n2 (1198/ 1820–1267/1889) and others, who drawing up a different theological analysis, were taking a standpoint deployed towards a vigorous rationalism. S. Ahmad Khan in his Tafs†r al-Qur1⁄2...n (published in parts from 1880-1904) argues …
The Miḥna . Deconstruction and Reconsideration of the Mu‘tazilite role in the “Inquisition”
The Miḥna has usually been attributed to the Mu‘tazilite theological school as expression of something unusual, a bid‘ah (Islamic innovation) related to a rationalist group of theologians that tried, in strict political cooperation with al-Ma‘mūn, to subvert the ‘Abbāsid caliphate system. The full support of relevant political and religious authorities, during the Miḥna, to the caliph’s purpose permitted at the ‘Abbāsids to post-pone for few deca…
Between Muʿtazilism and Syncretism
The history of the ʿAbbāsid Empire in the first half of the ninth century is associated with the al-Maʾmūn caliphate and the development of Muʿtazilite theology. To better understand the complexity of the thinking underpinning this regime of twenty years’ duration, it is necessary to address the topic using a wide-ranging approach. While the connection between the Muʿtazilite theological school and the seventh ʿAbbāsid caliph has to be accepted a…
Islamic Liberation Theology. An Inter-Religious Reflection between Gustavo Gutierrez, Farīd Esack and Ḥamīd Dabāšī
In the published text by Ḥamīd Dabāšī, Islamic liberation theology , there is no mention within it of the essay by Farīd Esack, Qurʾān, liberation and pluralism , published in 1997, and after reading both introductions. Perhaps it will be helpful to better recognize the relationship between these two authors, and those who have gone before them (Ašgar ʿAlī Engineer and Šabbir Aḫtar), concerning Islamic Liberation Theology and Theodicy, not only i…
From Nahda to Nakba
The Governmental Arab College of Jerusalem is a little-known constructed space that emerged and then disappeared in just a few decades, a remarkable while extremely limited time if we reflect on the ancient history of the town that hosted it. However, it would be a great mistake not to consider these 30 years of history, from 1918 to 1948, and especially the wealth of cultural consciousness that the College was able to instill in its students. Ih…
Ibadi Theology. Rereading sources and scholarly works, written by Ersilia Francesca
Fasad, Hijra and Warlike Diaspora” from the Geographic Boundaries of Early Islam to a New Dar al-Hikma
This paper aims to emphasize the influence that “Classic” Islamic Thought had on the contemporary European-Islamic one regarding the conceptualization and action of emigration (hijra-hajara) through the geographical and juridical redefinition of the Old Continent as a new “house” (dar/bayt) in hosting a Muslim population. The analysis should also be considered in relation to the sectarian and violent phase which followed the peaceful one of the s…
The Khatim an-Nabiyyin (The Seal of the Prophets) and Its Inclusive Abrahamic Perspective
Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men; he is God's messenger and the Seal of the Prophets: God knows everything." (33:40). The deconstruction of the concept of "the Seal of the Prophets" through identifying its different spiritual-historical meanings is particularly important and partially analyzed through an inter-religious methodological approach. If indeed the Prophet Muhammad is undoubtedly the last of the prophets in order of tim…
Fanā’ al-Nār Within Early Kalām and Mysticism
The annihilation of the fire (fanā’ al-nār), is an expression used by Ibn Taymiyya in Al-Radd ‘alā man Qāla bi-Fanā’ al-Janna wa-l-Nār. It acts as a rejoinder to those who maintain that the annihilation of the Garden and the Fire within Islamic theology is a fascinating theory that could quite easily be confused with the Christian Patristic apokatastasis or the falsafa cosmological hypothesis, which emerged in the works of al-Kindī (d. 873) and F…
Quranic Christology in Late Antiquity. ‘Isa ibn Maryam and His Divine Power (Energeia) in the Islamic Revelation
Christology and monotheism have been dogmatically linked in the long history of Islam-Christian dialogue since the beginning of the 8th century. The Qur’an, in an analytical perception of religious otherness, specifically in relation to Christianity, assumed a dual discernment: on the one hand, it adopts a sceptical position because Christians are assimilationist (2: 120, 135, 145; 5: 51), sectarian and made Jesus the son of God (4: 171; 5: 14–19…
Violence in Early Islam
The concept of jihad holds a prominent place in Islamic thought and history. Beyond its spiritual meanings, the term has historically been associated with the sweeping Arab-Believers conquests of the 7-8th century BCE. But given advances in our understanding of the historicity and chronology of the Qur'an and early Islamic texts, is it correct to identify jihad and Islam with violent conquest? In this book, Marco Demichelis explores the history o…
Jihadism au rebours
Following its colonial project, Western Europe imposed a political and cultural understanding of state nationalism and religious homogeneity on the entire world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In parallel with this twofold process, “Religious Nationalism” emerged during the Cold War, affecting the Middle East and framing an updated Abrahamic version of religious supremacism: Wahhabi Islam, the Iranian Revolution, and Israeli Orthodox J…
Arab Christian Confederations and Muhammad's Believers
The meaning and elaboration of Jihad (just-sacred war) hold an important place in Islamic history and thought. On the far side of its spiritual meanings, the term has been historically and previously associated with the Arab Believers' conquest of the 7th-8th centuries CE. However, the main idea of this contribution is to develop the "sacralization of war" as a relevant facet that was previously elaborated by the Arab Christian (pro-Byzantine) cl…
Introduction
The relationship between History and the Islamic revelation has been debated in Academia over the last few decades; its complex framework has usually been investigated in aspects such as the form, the language and the facets of structure that have not always been considered as relevant in the analysis of a historical milieu
Iran, donne e rivolte, written by Sara Hejazi
The Conciliarist Idea of Islam in the Quattrocento-Prelude and Legacy
This contribution intends to examine the impact of Conciliarism (1414-1439) on the Christian vision of Islam in the Quattrocento. The analysis of the thought of bishops such as Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464) and John of Segovia (d. 1458) is understandable only through the evolution of the Latin world with regard to Islam, moving from the Corpus Toletanum (12th century) and the impact of the Crusades in the Levant (1096-1291) and in Europe. This forwa…
The Mythological Control of the River Nile
‘Hail to thee, O Nile, who came out of the earth, who came to make Egypt live!’ Thus reads the preamble of an ancient hymn dedicated to the god Hapi, the embodiment of the fertility of the flooding of the River Nile (to be distinguished from a personification of the river itself), probably recited by a member of the ancient Egyptian priesthood. From the earliest times, the Nile’s annual floods of were of great importance to the wealth of this lan…
“Martyrium Arethae Arabice”
Islam (13 works) · Philosophy (13 works) · History (12 works) · Islamic Studies and History (11 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (9 works) · Theology (9 works) · Ancient history (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Religious studies (7 works)