American evangelicals in Egypt: missionary encounters in an age of empire
Heather J. Sharkey
American evangelicals in Egypt: missionary encounters in an age of empire
Author
Heather J. SharkeyPublisher
Princeton University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
American evangelicals in Egypt: missionary encounters in an age of empire / Heather J. SharkeyPublication Details
پرینستون : Princeton University Press، 2008مPhysical Description
xvi, 318 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Presbyterian Church -- Egypt MissionsAmericans -- Egypt History
series
(Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]382[-603( and index.
Contents
The American missionary encounter in Egypt -- The American mission, Coptic reform, and the making of an Egyptian evangelical community, 1854-82 -- The colonial moment of the American mission, 1882-1918 -- Egyptian nationalism, religious liberty, and the rethinking of the American mission, 1918-45 -- The mission of the American University in Cairo -- Turning to the life of the church: American mission in an age of Egyptian decolonization and Arab-Israeli politics, 1945-67 -- Conclusion: conversions and transformations