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American Missionaries and the Middle East: Foundational Encounters (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)
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Paperback. Proceedings of the 2005 and 2006 annual meetings of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. Editor(s): Dogan, Mehmet Ali; Sharkey, Heather J. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American missionary encounters in the Middle East set foundations for later U.S.-Middle Eastern relations. Missionaries presented examples of American culture to Middle Eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the Middle East for Americans back home. These engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of American Christian cultural projection into the wider world. This volume focuses on regions that were once part of the Ottoman Empire in western Asia, the Balkans, and North Africa. Contributors explain the distinctly American dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their ... Read more
During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American missionary encounters in the Middle East set foundations for later U.S.-Middle Eastern relations. Missionaries presented examples of American culture to Middle Eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the Middle East for Americans back home. These engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of American Christian cultural projection into the wider world. This volume focuses on regions that were once part of the Ottoman Empire in western Asia, the Balkans, and North Africa. Contributors explain the distinctly American dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9781607810384
SKU
V9781607810384
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99-1
About
Mehmet Ali Dogan is an alumnus of Bilkent University in Ankara and received his PhD from the University of Utah. He teaches at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of Istanbul Technical University. He is currently preparing an annotated bibliography of American missionary activities in the Ottoman Empire. This is his first book. Heather J. Sharkey is an associate ... Read more
Reviews for American Missionaries and the Middle East: Foundational Encounters (Utah Series in Turkish and Islamic Stud)
“An outstanding contribution to the field of mission history in the Middle East and the history of the Middle East in general. The first collection solely focused on American mission.”—Nancy L. Stockdale, University of North Texas "A powerful essay tells a story. A powerful essay collection creatively collates shorter stories, mutually enriching, illuminating, and synthesizing each other. ... Read more