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

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رقم التسجيلة 1887
نوع المادة book
ردمك 0801446214
رقم الطلب

BV3210.L4M35

المؤلف Makdisi, Ussama

العنوان Artillery of Heaven : American Missionaries and the Failed Conversion of the Middle East . / Ussama Makdisi
بيانات النشر Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008.
الوصف المادي xi, 262 p : 24 cm ; ill,b&w,maps
بيان السلسلة The United States in the world
ملاحظات

- Includes index - Includes bibliographical references - Includes some illustrations in blackand white

المحتويات / النص

Part I: Prelude Mather’s America "The grammar of heresy" : coexistence in an Ottoman Arab world Part II: Intersections The flying of time The artillery of heaven An Arab puritan Part III: Reorientations The apotheosis of American exceptionalism The vindication of As'ad Shidyaq

المواضيع Islam - Relations - Christianity
Shidyaq, As'ad, 1798-1830
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Missions, American - Lebanon - History - 19th century
Missions, American - Middle East - History - 19th century
Religious pluralism - Middle East - History - 19th century
Maronites - Lebanon - History - 19th century
Christianity and other religions--Islam