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Christians in Persia (RLE Iran A).

"When it was originally published this book broke new ground in presenting one continuous narrative of the history of Christians in Persia from the second century A.D to the 1970s. The material gathered here was previously only to be found in obscure books, manuscripts and foreign periodicals....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waterfield, Robin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge Library Editions: Iran.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Christians in persia: Assyrians, Armenians, Roman Catholics and Protestants; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Part one: the nestorian planting; 1. The background; 2. Christianity in iran to the end of the sassanian dynasty; 3. The persian church at the coming of islam; 4. The coming of islam:the shadow of the ghetto; 5. The missionary expansionof the church; 6. The decline of thenestorian church and thefirst contacts with rome; Part two: The roman catholic era; 7. The roman catholic missionary effort; Part three: The protestant endeavour and the founding of Indigenous churches.
  • 8. The forerunners9. The coming of the Americans,1834-1870; 10. Christians and jews in persia:the church's ministry amongthe jews, 1844-1960; 11. The archbishop of canterbury's mission to the assyrian church, 1886- 1915; 12. The presbyterian mission topersia; 13. The c.m.s. in persiapart I: 1869-1919; 14. The c.m.s. in persiapart II: 1919-1961; Appendix: The bible in persian; Bibliography; Map; Index.