Protestant Missionaries in the Levant : ungodly Puritans, 1820-1860 /

Khalaf, Samir.

Protestant Missionaries in the Levant : ungodly Puritans, 1820-1860 / Samir Khalaf. - First issued in paperback 2017 - London New York : Routledge, 2017. - xxi, 288 p. ; 23 cm. - Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index.

On Calvinism, Evangelism and Puritanism -- Evangelical imagination: New England Puritans and foreign missions -- Universities as nurseries of piety -- World as an enlarged New England -- Images of Islam and the Orient -- Leavening the Levant -- Protestant orientalism: evangelical Christianity and cultural imperialism -- Levant as a missionary field -- Puritans in Lebanon: early encounters, 1820-1840 -- On doing much with little noise -- Christianize or civilize: obstacles and changing strategies, 1840-1860.

9781138109704 (pbk.)

2012004349


Missions--History--Middle East--19th century.
Protestant churches--Missions--History--19th century.
Missions, American--History--Middle East--19th century.

BV3160 / .K45 2017

266/.59095609034


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