Revival and awakening : American evangelical missionaries in Iran and the origins of Assyrian nationalism /

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This volume examines how the presence of an American evangelical mission in the borderlands between Qajar Iran and the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century contributed to the development of a secular nationalism among the indigenous Neo-Aramaic speaking Christian population of the region. A part...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Becker, Adam H., 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
1800-1899
Missions to Assyrian Church of the East members > History > 19th century.
Protestant churches > Missions > Iran > History > 19th century.
Missionaries > United States > History > 19th century.
Evangelistic work > Iran > History > 19th century.
Syriac Christians > Iran > Religion > History > 19th century.
Assyrian Church of the East members > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 19th century.
Missions auprès des nestoriens > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Églises protestantes > Missions > Iran > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Missionnaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Évangélisation > Iran > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Chrétiens syriaques > Iran > Religion > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Nestoriens > Histoire > 19e siècle.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
Assyrian Church of the East members.
Evangelistic work.
Missionaries.
Missions to Assyrian Church of the East members.
Nationalism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Protestant churches > Missions.
Iran.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume examines how the presence of an American evangelical mission in the borderlands between Qajar Iran and the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century contributed to the development of a secular nationalism among the indigenous Neo-Aramaic speaking Christian population of the region. A particular evangelical configuration of modernity was cultivated at the mission in the antebellum period, one belonging to a visceral realm often unrecognised in characterisations of secularism and the Enlightenment.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226145457
022614545X

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