Nearest East: American Millennialism and Mission to the Middle East

Informationen zum Autor Hans-Lukas Kieser is Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent) for Modern History at the University of Zurich. He is editor of Turkey beyond Nationalism , a coeditor (with Dominik J. Schaller) of The Armenian Genocide and the Shoah and the author of Der verpasste Friede (The Squandered Peace). Klappentext Discusses how missionaries and evangelical politics influenced American government policy in the Middle East Zusammenfassung Discusses how missionaries and evangelical politics influenced American government policy in the Middle East Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Acknowledgments 1 The USA and the Near East around 1800; 2 A Quest for "Zion" and Peace on Earth: Mission to the Bible Lands; 3 Dream and Trauma: Missionary America and Young Turkey 1908-1923; 4. Oil! Palestine-Israel! and Empire of the Good; 5. American Steps and Short-Cuts to "Zion" after 1967; Conclusion Endnotes; Selective Bibliography; Index

Product details

• Authors: Hans-Lukas Kieser
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.05.2010
• EAN: 9781439902226
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0222-6
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 237 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Politics, History, and Social; Politics History & Social Chan; Politics, History, and Social
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Naher und Mittlerer Osten, Politische Ideologien