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Autore |
Kieser Hans-Lukas |
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Titolo |
Nearest East [[electronic resource] ] : American millennialism and mission to the Middle East / / Hans-Lukas Kieser |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Collana |
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Politics, history, and social change |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Millennialism - Political aspects - United States - History |
Christianity and politics - United States - History |
Missionaries - United States - History |
Missionaries - Middle East - History |
Christian Zionism - United States - History |
United States Relations Middle East |
Middle East Relations United States |
United States Relations Israel |
Israel Relations United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The United States and the Near East, circa 1800 -- A quest for "Zion" and peace on Earth : mission to the Bible lands -- Dream and trauma : missionary America and young Turkey, 1908-1923 -- Oil, Palestine-Israel, and empire of the good -- American steps and shortcuts to "Zion" after 1967. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Long before oil interests shaped American interaction with the Middle East, the U.S. had a strong influence on the late Ottoman and post-Ottoman region. Covering the period from approximately 1800 to the 1970's, Hans-Lukas Kieser's compelling Nearest East tells the story of this intimate, identity-building relationship between the U.S. and the Near East. Kieser chronicles how American missionaries worked to implement their belief in Biblical millennialism, enlightened modernity, and a modern Zion-Israel. Millennialism was part of an American identity that constitut |
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