New faith in ancient lands : Western missions in the Middle East in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / / edited by Heleen Murre-van den Berg.

• Superior document: Studies in Christian mission, v. 32
• TeilnehmendeR: Murre-van den Berg, H. L. 1964-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Christian mission ; v. 32.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Notes: Proceedings of a symposium held in Jan. 2005 at the Universiteit Leiden.

Over the centuries, the Middle East has held an important place in the religious consciousness of many Christians in West and East. In the nineteenth century, these interests culminated in extensive missionary work of Protestant and Roman Catholic organisations, among Eastern Christians, Muslims and Jews. The present volume, in articles written by an international group of scholars, discusses themes like the historical background of Christian geopiety among Roman Catholics and Protestants, and the internal tensions and conflicting aims of missions and missionaries, such as between nationalist and internationalist interests, between various rival organisations and between conversionalist and civilizational aims of missions in the Ottoman Empire. In a synthetic overview and a comprehensive bibliography an up-to-date introduction into this field is provided.

Table of Contents

Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- SPIRITUALITY AND SCHOLARSHIP: THE HOLY LAND IN JESUIT EYES (SEVENTEENTH TO NINETEENTH CENTURIES) / Bernard Heyberger and Chantal Verdeil -- WILLIAM MCCLURE THOMSON’S THE LAND AND THE BOOK (1859): PILGRIMAGE AND MISSION IN PALESTINE -- LES FRANCISCAINS EN TERRE SAINTE: DE L’ESPACE AU TERRITOIRE, ENTRE OPPOSITION ET ADAPTATION / Giuseppe Buffon -- THE COPTIC CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE APOSTOLIC VICAR MAXIMUS GIUAID (1821–1831), THE PROPAGANDA FIDE AND THE FRANCISCANS IN EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY EGYPT / Anthony O’Mahony -- DANGER AND THE MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE: THE MURDER OF MISS MATILDA CREASY / Nancy L. Stockdale -- PUBLIC SPACE AND PRIVATE SPHERES: THE FOUNDATION OF ST LUKE’S HOSPITAL OF NABLUS BY THE CMS (1891–1901) / Philippe Bourmaud -- THE METAMORPHOSIS OF A PIETISTIC MISSIONARY AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION INTO A SOCIAL SERVICES ENTERPRISE: THE CASE OF THE SYRIAN ORPHANAGE (1860–1945) / Roland Löffler -- DIE DEUTSCHEN KURDENMISSIONEN IN MAHABAD IN IHREM KONTAKT ZU DEN ORIENTALISCHEN CHRISTEN / Martin Tamcke -- GERMAN “HOME MISSION” ABROAD: THE ORIENTARBEIT OF THE DEACONESS INSTITUTION KAISERSWERTH IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE / Uwe Kaminsky -- AMERICAN PROTESTANT MISSIONARY BEGINNINGS IN BEIRUT AND ISTANBUL: POLICY, POLITICS, PRACTICE AND RESPONSE / Habib Badr -- “MISSIONS IN EDEN”: SHAPING AN EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROGRAM FOR THE ARMENIANS IN EASTERN TURKEY (1855–1895) / Barbara J. Merguerian -- EVANGELIZATION OR EDUCATION: AMERICAN PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES, THE AMERICAN BOARD, AND THE GIRLS AND WOMEN OF SYRIA (1830–1910) / Ellen Fleischmann -- MUSLIM RESPONSE TO MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES IN EGYPT: WITH A SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE AL-AZHAR HIGH CORPS OF ͑ULAMÂ (1925–1935) / Umar Ryad -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES.