Given the current global transitional stage—where the world is passing through a crucial historical turning point and power is shifting from the West to the East—it is necessary to examine different perspectives on messianism and the new world order. Using a descriptive–library method, this paper first explores the foundations and approaches of various schools regarding the concept of the savior and global governance, and then examines their civilizational outcomes and resultant order. Materialist schools and non-Abrahamic religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism present a worldly, spirituality-deprived image of global order that, due to its inability to meet innate human needs, lacks sustainability. The distorted Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Sunni Islam), despite emphasizing salvation in the afterlife, are also incapable of civilizational development and establishing a unified global rule because of their epistemological deviations. In contrast, Shi‘i Mahdism—with its focus on universal justice, spirituality, and active Intizar—possesses the potential to realize a divine new order and address human needs. Accordingly, the Islamic Revolution of Iran, inspired by this thought, seeks to build a new Islamic civilization and prepare the ground for the reappearance, while through the discourse of resistance, it has played a significant role in changing the global balance of power and forming an independent pole against the hegemonic system.
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Aghayan, J. . "The Prospect of the New World Order Based on Messianic Approaches and the Civilizational Potential of the Islamic Revolution", Waíad al-Umam, 1, 2, 2024, 222-253. doi: 10.22081/jpnq.2025.72191.1016
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Aghayan, J. (2024). 'The Prospect of the New World Order Based on Messianic Approaches and the Civilizational Potential of the Islamic Revolution', Waíad al-Umam, 1(2), pp. 222-253. doi: 10.22081/jpnq.2025.72191.1016
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J. Aghayan, "The Prospect of the New World Order Based on Messianic Approaches and the Civilizational Potential of the Islamic Revolution," Waíad al-Umam, 1 2 (2024): 222-253, doi: 10.22081/jpnq.2025.72191.1016
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Aghayan, J. The Prospect of the New World Order Based on Messianic Approaches and the Civilizational Potential of the Islamic Revolution. Waíad al-Umam, 2024; 1(2): 222-253. doi: 10.22081/jpnq.2025.72191.1016
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