American Christians and Islam : : Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism / / Thomas S. Kidd.

In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, many of America's Christian evangelicals have denounced Islam as a "demonic" and inherently violent religion, provoking frustration among other Christian conservatives who wish to present a more appealing message to the world's M...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2008
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List Of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Early American Christians and Islam
  • Chapter 2: The Barbary Wars, the Last Days, and Islam in Early National America
  • Chapter 3: Foreign Missions to Muslims in Nineteenth-Century America
  • Chapter 4: Samuel Zwemer,World War I, and "The Evangelization of the Moslem World in This Generation"
  • Chapter 5: The New Missionary Overture to Muslims and the Arab-Israeli Crisis
  • Chapter 6: Christians Respond to Muslims in Modern America
  • Chapter 7: Maturing Evangelical Missions and War in the Middle East
  • Chapter 8: American Christians and Islam After September 11, 2001
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index