Nearest East [[electronic resource] ] : American millennialism and mission to the Middle East / / Hans-Lukas Kieser
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 303.48/273056 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Relations Middle East |
| Middle East Relations United States | |
| United States Relations Israel | |
| Israel Relations United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Nearest East |
| ISBN: | 1-4399-0224-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910452483603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Politics, history, and social change.