03202nam 2200721Ia 450 991080979190332120240508085739.01-4399-0224-0(CKB)2550000001114769(EBL)547442(OCoLC)646066501(SSID)ssj0000423866(PQKBManifestationID)11310404(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423866(PQKBWorkID)10441217(PQKB)10804058(MiAaPQ)EBC547442(MdBmJHUP)muse13401(Au-PeEL)EBL547442(CaPaEBR)ebr10397390(CaONFJC)MIL514641(EXLCZ)99255000000111476920090805d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNearest East American millennialism and mission to the Middle East /Hans-Lukas Kieser1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20101 online resource (225 p.)Politics, history, and social changeDescription based upon print version of record.1-4399-0222-4 1-299-83390-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 constitutPolitics, history, and social change.MillennialismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistoryChristianity and politicsUnited StatesHistoryMissionariesUnited StatesHistoryMissionariesMiddle EastHistoryChristian ZionismUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesRelationsMiddle EastMiddle EastRelationsUnited StatesUnited StatesRelationsIsraelIsraelRelationsUnited StatesMillennialismPolitical aspectsHistory.Christianity and politicsHistory.MissionariesHistory.MissionariesHistory.Christian ZionismHistory.303.48/273056Kieser Hans-Lukas475864MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809791903321Nearest East242199UNINA