Protestant Missionaries in the Levant : Ungodly Puritans, 1820-1860.
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...
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Taylor and Francis,
2012
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| Series: | Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history.
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Table of Contents:
- Protestant Missionaries in the Levant Ungodly Puritans, 1820-60; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I On Calvinism, Evangelism and Puritanism; 1 The Evangelical Imagination: New England Puritans and Foreign Missions; The Great Awakenings and Religious Revivals; Millenarianism and the "New World" as a Righteous Paradise; 2 Universities as Nurseries of Piety; Evangelism and College Education; Christian Benevolence and Philanthropy; Colleges and Overseas Missions; 3 The World as an Enlarged New England; The Many Faces of Puritanism
- Puritanism and the Moral Regeneration of the WorldNew England as the New Jerusalem; Paganization of the Other; 4 Images of Islam and the Orient; Medievalist Distortions; Disparaging Stereotypes Reconfirmed; "Muslim Marauders" of the Barbary States; Travel Literature and the Popular Imagination; PART II Leavening the Levant; 5 Protestant Orientalism: Evangelical Christianity and Cultural Imperialism; Protestant Self-Righteousness; Islam as a "Broken Cistern"; The Ratification of Medieval Distortions; The Impulse to Colonize; 6 The Levant as a Missionary Field
- "Syria" as the Romance Land of MissionsObjectives, Instructions and Instrumentalities; To the Levant: The Departure of Pliny Fisk and Levi Parsons; Puritanism as a Cultural Transfer: Premises and Issues; 7 Puritans in Lebanon: Early Encounters, 1820-40; The Feudal Society of Mount Lebanon; Smyrna, Malta, Jerusalem ... and Beirut; Common Schools, Women's Education and Outreach; Obstacles and Setbacks; 8 On Doing Much with Little Noise; Retreat to Malta and Reconsideration of Strategies; Silent Penetration as Precursors to Soft Power; "Ungodly Puritans"
- 9 Christianize or Civilize: Obstacles and Changing Strategies, 1840-60Christ or Culture; Selective Benevolence; Obstacles and Setbacks; Accomplishments; Precursors of Higher Education; Epilogue: Precursors of "Soft Power"; Notes; Bibliography; Index
