A Messianic Prophethood Claims Within Islam, Hinduism And Christianity in the Context of Zeitgeist

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The concept of “zeitgeist” is used to express the rising values of time within the framework of the ideas that emerge in a certain period. The concept enables the understanding of similar ideas emerging in the same or different geographies at certain times. Because humanbeings often display similar attitudes in similar situations, and even if they live in different regions and geographies, they produce similar solutions to their common needs. As a matter of fact, it is understood that the similar situational so took place in the 19th century, the people struggled with disasters and wars and in connection with this, ideas related to “the End of the World” were put forward. Some people living in different parts of the world, such as the Indian sub-continent, Europe, Russia, and America, were in a "savior" expectation, and some of them were in the expectation of a “prophet” in the context of the continuity of prophethood in that time. In this context, various beliefs about the combination of salvation and prophethood institutions have also come to the agenda; thus, a new theory of prophecy, which we can call "messianic prophethood", meaning “savior-prophet”, which expresses a higher mission, has emerged. The basis of this theory was the idea that a mere “savior” would not be enough for the restoration of the deterioration in the end times and a universal savior-prophet would be needed to dissolve religious differences. This understanding carries out a significant mission in terms of understanding the spirit of that time. The aim of this study is to examine some examples of the claims of “messianic prophethood” in Islam, Hinduism and Christianity in the context of “zeitgeist”.