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Title Statement | American apostles: when evangelicals entered the world of Islam / Christine Leigh Heyrman. |
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Author | Heyrman, Christine Leigh |
Publication | New York: Hill and Wang,2015. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 340 pages |
ISBN | 0809023989 9780809023981 |
Other Number | 2716338 |
Contents | American Orients -- The age of wonders -- By the beard of Mahomet! -- "A perfect romance" -- Jihad -- British connections -- "Our great weapon" -- Higira -- Turning turk -- An American Muslim -- The hidden man -- Epiphanies -- At the gates of Damascus. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary | In "American Apostles," the Bancroft Prize-winning historian Christine Leigh Heyrman brilliantly chronicles the first fateful collision between American missionaries and the diverse religious cultures of the Levant. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Missions--History--19th century--Middle East |
Protestant churches--Missions--History--19th century | |
Missions, American--History--19th century--Middle East | |
Missionaries--Biography--United states |