Christian Missions and Humanitarianism in the Middle East, 1850-1950 - Ideologies, Rhetoric, and Practices

Christian Missions and Humanitarianism discusses the complex relationships between Christian missions and Humanitarianism in the Middle East (1860-1948), and how non-missionaries took over, to a certain extent, the aims and organisations of the missionaries as to humanitarianism.

About the author

Karène Sanchez Summerer (Ph.Ds. Leiden 2009 and Paris EPHE 2014) is Associate Professor at Leiden University. Her research considers the interactions between European linguistic and cultural policies and the Arab communities (1860-1948) in Palestine. Recent publication: (with P. Bourmaud, eds) Missions, Powers and Arabization, Social Sciences and Missions 32, 3-4. (Brill, 2019).

Inger Marie Okkenhaug (Ph.D. University of Bergen 1999) is a Professor of History at Volda University College, Norway. Her research and publications focus on the history of missions and welfare, war, refugees and relief in the Ottoman Empire and the inter-war period in the Middle East.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2020
• EAN: 9789004394667
• ISBN: 978-90-04-39466-7
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Leiden Studies in Islam and So
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous