|
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Area / regional studies
|
Buy Now
Protestant Missionaries in the Levant - Ungodly Puritans, 1820-1860 (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,497
Discovery Miles 14 970
|
|
|
Protestant Missionaries in the Levant - Ungodly Puritans, 1820-1860 (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days
|
Through focusing on the unintended by-products of New England
Puritanism as a cultural transplant in the Levant, this book
explores the socio-historical forces which account for the failure
of early envoys' attempts to convert the 'native,' population.
Early failure in conversion led to later success in reinventing
themselves as agents of secular and liberal education, welfare, and
popular culture. Through making special efforts not to debase local
culture, the missionaries' work resulted in large sections of
society becoming protestantized without being evangelized. An
invaluable resource for postgraduates and those undertaking
postdoctoral research, this book explores a seminal but overlooked
interlude in the encounters between American Protestantism and the
Levant. Using data from previously unexplored personal narrative
accounts, Khalaf dates the emergence of the puritanical
imagination, sparked by sentiments of American exceptionalism,
voluntarism and "soft power" to at least a century before commonly
assumed.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
