Artillery of Heaven : American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East /

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The complex relationship between America and the Arab world goes back further than most people realize. In Artillery of Heaven, Ussama Makdisi presents a foundational American encounter with the Arab world that occurred in the nineteenth century, shortly after the arrival of the first American Prote...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Makdisi, Ussama Samir, 1968-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Šidyāq, Asʻad, > 1798-1830.
Shidyāq, Asʻad, > 1798-1830.
Maroniten.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Mission.
Kulturkontakt.
Konversion (Religion)
Religiöse Verfolgung.
Protestantische Kirche.
Konversion > (Relig.) > Maroniten > Libanon > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Maroniten > Konversion (Relig.) > Libanon > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Evangelische Kirche > Mission > Naher Osten > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Mission > Evangelische Kirche > Naher Osten > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Mission > amerikanische > Naher Osten > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Mission
Religious pluralism.
Missions, American.
Maronites.
Islam.
Interfaith relations.
Christianity.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Islam > Relations > Christianisme.
Christianisme > Relations > Islam.
Maronites > Liban > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Missions americaines > Liban > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Islam > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Islam.
Maronites > Lebanon > History > 19th century.
Religious pluralism > Middle East > History > 19th century.
Missions, American > Middle East > History > 19th century.
Missions, American > Lebanon > History > 19th century.
Araber.
Amerikaner.
Libanon.
USA.
Midden-Oosten.
Naher Osten
USA
Middle East.
Lebanon.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Mather's America
  • "The grammar of heresy" : coexistence in an Ottoman Arab world
  • The flying of time
  • The artillery of heaven
  • An Arab puritan
  • The apotheosis of American exceptionalism
  • The vindication of Asʻad Shidyaq.

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