LEADER 03083nam 2200505 450 001 9910149401503321 005 20230808200357.0 010 $a1-4982-8299-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000933449 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4789670 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000933449 100 $a20170206h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aI am a pilgrim, a traveler, a stranger $eexploring the life and mind of the first American missionary to the Middle East, the Rev. Pliny Fisk (1792-1825) /$fby John Hubers ; foreword by Peter E. Makari 210 1$aEugene, Oregon :$cPickwick Publications,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (230 pages) 225 1 $aAmerican Society of Missiology Monograph Series ;$vVolume 30 311 $a1-4982-8298-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Part One: In America. The early years -- Building the Orthodox fortress -- The Andover years -- Missionary calling and final preparations -- Part Two: The Ottoman Empire. Smyrna and Scio -- Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Lebanon -- The tragedy of Pliny Fisk. 330 $aIn this book--part biography, part critical analysis--John Hubers introduces us to a man whose pioneering ministry in the Ottoman Empire has gone largely unnoticed since his memoir was penned in 1828, three years after his death in Beirut, by a seminary colleague. His name was Pliny Fisk, and he belonged to a cadre of New England seminary students whose evangelical Calvinism led them to believe that God was opening up a new chapter in the life of the Church that included an aggressive evangelism outside the borders of Christendom. Fisk and his friend Levi Parsons joined that effort in 1819 when they became the first American missionaries sent to the Ottoman Empire by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Hubers's intent is to show the complexity of Fisk's character while examining the impact his move to the Middle East made on his perceptions of the religious other. As such, this volume joins a growing body of literature aimed at providing critical, historical, and religious context to the often checkered history of relations between American Christians and Western Asian peoples--$cSource other than Library of Congress. 410 0$aAmerican Society of Missiology monograph series ;$vVolume 30. 606 $aMissionaries$zPalestine$vBiography 606 $aMissionaries$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aMissionaries$zMiddle East$vBiography 606 $aMissions$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xReligion 615 0$aMissionaries 615 0$aMissionaries 615 0$aMissionaries 615 0$aMissions 676 $a266.0092 700 $aHubers$b John$01244607 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910149401503321 996 $aI am a pilgrim, a traveler, a stranger$92887058 997 $aUNINA