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Auteur(s) : Tejirian, Eleanor H. (1938-....)
Simon, Reeva Spector (1944-....)
Titre(s) : Conflict, conquest, and conversion [Texte imprimé] : two thousand years of Christian missions in the Middle East / Eleanor H. Tejirian and Reeva Spector Simon
Publication : New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012
Description matérielle : xiv, 280 pages ; 24 cm
Comprend : Spread of Christianity: the first thousand years -- ; Latin west in the Middle East:
pilgrimage, crusade, and mission -- ; Disintegration, revival, Reformation, and counter-Reformation:
1450-1800 -- ; Great awakening of the Protestants and the Anglicans -- ; Missionaries
and European diplomatic competition -- ; Imperialist moment: from the Congress of
Berlin to World War I -- ; Achievements and consequences: intended and unintended
-- ; World War I: nationalism, independence, and the fate of the missionary enterprise
-- ; Setting the agenda: from conversion to witness and back.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion surveys two thousand years of the Christian missionary
enterprise in the Middle East within the context of the region's political evolution.
Its broad, rich narrative follows Christian missions as they interacted with imperial
powers and as the momentum of religious change shifted from Christianity to Islam
and back, adding new dimensions to the history of the region and the nature of the
relationship between the Middle East and the West. Historians and political scientists
increasingly recognize the importance of integrating religion into political analysis,
and this volume, using long-neglected sources, uniquely advances this effort. It surveys
Christian missions from the earliest days of Christianity to the present, paying particular
attention to the role of Christian missions, both Protestant and Catholic, in shaping
the political and economic imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Eleanor H. Tejirian and Reeva Spector Simon delineate the ongoing tensions between
conversion and the focus on witness and "good works" within the missionary movement,
which contributed to the development and spread of nongovernmental organizations.
Through its conscientious, systematic study, this volume offers an unparalleled encounter
with the social, political, and economic consequences of such trends. -- Book jacket
Sujet(s) : Missions -- Moyen-Orient -- Histoire
Histoire religieuse -- Moyen-Orient
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780231138642 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0231138644 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780231511094 (ebook). - ISBN 0231511094 (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44270799n
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