American Christians and Islam: evangelical culture and Muslims from the colonial period to the age of terrorism
Thomas S. Kidd
American Christians and Islam: evangelical culture and Muslims from the colonial period to the age of terrorism
Author
Thomas S. KiddPublisher
Princeton University PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
American Christians and Islam: evangelical culture and Muslims from the colonial period to the age of terrorism / Thomas S. KiddPublication Details
پرینستون : Princeton University Press، 2009مPhysical Description
xx, 201 p.: ill.; 24 cm.Subject
Missions to Muslims HistoryMissions, American History
Islam Public opinion -- History
Public opinion -- United States History
Protestants -- United States Attitudes -- History
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]171[-491( and index.
Contents
Early American Christians and Islam -- The Barbary wars, the last days, and Islam in early national America -- Foreign missions to Muslims in nineteenth-century America -- Samuel Zwemer, World War I, and "the evangelization of the Moslem world in this generation" -- The new missionary overture to Muslims and the Arab-Israeli crisis -- Christians respond to Muslims in modern America -- Maturing evangelical missions and war in the Middle East -- American Christians and Islam after September 11, 2001