LEADER 04689oam 2200709I 450 001 9910462420503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-60670-4 010 $a9786613919151 010 $a1-136-24981-8 010 $a0-203-10443-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203104439 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242303 035 $a(EBL)1024538 035 $a(OCoLC)811505900 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711735 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12256753 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711735 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10721274 035 $a(PQKB)11033522 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1024538 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1024538 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603683 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391915 035 $a(OCoLC)810933149 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242303 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProtestant missionaries in the Levant $eungodly Puritans, 1820-1860 /$fSamir Khalaf 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge studies in Middle Eastern history ;$v13 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-10970-3 311 $a0-415-50544-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index. 327 $aProtestant Missionaries in the Levant Ungodly Puritans, 1820-60; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART I On Calvinism, Evangelism and Puritanism; 1 The Evangelical Imagination: New England Puritans and Foreign Missions; The Great Awakenings and Religious Revivals; Millenarianism and the "New World" as a Righteous Paradise; 2 Universities as Nurseries of Piety; Evangelism and College Education; Christian Benevolence and Philanthropy; Colleges and Overseas Missions; 3 The World as an Enlarged New England; The Many Faces of Puritanism 327 $aPuritanism and the Moral Regeneration of the WorldNew England as the New Jerusalem; Paganization of the Other; 4 Images of Islam and the Orient; Medievalist Distortions; Disparaging Stereotypes Reconfirmed; "Muslim Marauders" of the Barbary States; Travel Literature and the Popular Imagination; PART II Leavening the Levant; 5 Protestant Orientalism: Evangelical Christianity and Cultural Imperialism; Protestant Self-Righteousness; Islam as a "Broken Cistern"; The Ratification of Medieval Distortions; The Impulse to Colonize; 6 The Levant as a Missionary Field 327 $a"Syria" as the Romance Land of MissionsObjectives, Instructions and Instrumentalities; To the Levant: The Departure of Pliny Fisk and Levi Parsons; Puritanism as a Cultural Transfer: Premises and Issues; 7 Puritans in Lebanon: Early Encounters, 1820-40; The Feudal Society of Mount Lebanon; Smyrna, Malta, Jerusalem ... and Beirut; Common Schools, Women's Education and Outreach; Obstacles and Setbacks; 8 On Doing Much with Little Noise; Retreat to Malta and Reconsideration of Strategies; Silent Penetration as Precursors to Soft Power; "Ungodly Puritans" 327 $a9 Christianize or Civilize: Obstacles and Changing Strategies, 1840-60Christ or Culture; Selective Benevolence; Obstacles and Setbacks; Accomplishments; Precursors of Higher Education; Epilogue: Precursors of "Soft Power"; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThrough focusing on the unintended by-products of New England Puritanism as a cultural transplant in the Levant, this book explores the socio-historical forces which account for the failure of early envoys' attempts to convert the 'native,' population. Early failure in conversion led to later success in reinventing themselves as agents of secular and liberal education, welfare, and popular culture. Through making special efforts not to debase local culture, the missionaries' work resulted in large sections of society becoming protestantized without being evangelized.An invaluable res 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in Middle Eastern History 606 $aMissions$zMiddle East$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMissions, American$zMiddle East$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aProtestant churches$xMissions$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMissions$xHistory 615 0$aMissions, American$xHistory 615 0$aProtestant churches$xMissions$xHistory 676 $a266/.59095609034 700 $aKhalaf$b Samir.$0647947 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462420503321 996 $aProtestant missionaries in the Levant$92265884 997 $aUNINA