Nearest East : American millennialism and mission to the Middle East / / Hans-Lukas Kieser

• Autore: Kieser Hans-Lukas
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• 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
• 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: 9781439902240; 1439902240
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910956306803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics, history, and social change.