New faith in ancient lands : Western missions in the Middle East in the nineteenth and early twentienth [i.e. twentieth] centuries /
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Over the centuries, the Middle East has held an important place in the religious consciousness of many Christians in West and East. In the nineteenth century, these interests culminated in extensive missionary work of Protestant and Roman Catholic organisations, among Eastern Christians, Muslims and Jews. The present volume, in articles written by an international group of scholars, discusses themes like the historical background of Christian geopiety among Roman Catholics and Protestants, and the internal tensions and conflicting aims of missions and missionaries, such as between nationalist and internationalist interests, between various rival organisations and between conversionalist and civilizational aims of missions in the Ottoman Empire. In a synthetic overview and a comprehensive bibliography an up-to-date introduction into this field is provided.
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Proceedings of a symposium held in Jan. 2005 at the Universiteit Leiden. :
1 online resource (xi, 339 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-328) and index. :
9789047411406 :
0924-9389 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Egypte, la trame de l'histoire : textiles pharaoniques, coptes et islamiques /
: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Musée départemental des Antiquités-Rouen, Oct. 19, 2002-Jan. 20, 2003, the Musée des beaux-arts et d'Archéologie Joseph Déchelette, Roanne, Feb. 20, 2003-June 1. 2003, and the Institut du monde arabe, Paris, mid-June-mid-Sept., 2004. : 227 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-225) and index. : 2850565628
Textile messages : inscribed fabrics from Roman to Abbasid Egypt /
: Papers from a study group held in Berlin, Jan. 25-26, 2003 sponsored by the Museum für Islamische Kunst and the Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst. : xxii, 261 pages, [87] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004149564 : 0924-7696 ;
Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions /
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This collection of papers from two workshops - held in Heidelberg, Germany, in July 1996 and Jerusalem, Israel, in October 1997 - is concerned with anthropological rather than theological aspects of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions, ranging from the 'primary' religions of the archaic period and their complex developments in Egypt and Mesopotamia to the 'soteriological' movements and 'secondary' religions that emerged in Late Antiquity. The first part of the book focuses on \'Confession and Conversion\', while the second part is devoted to the topic of \'Guilt, Sin and Rituals of Purification\'. The primary purpose of this volume is to convey a sense of the dynamics and dialectical relationships between the various Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions from the archaic period to Late Antiquity.
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Two contributions in German, one in French. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004379084 :
0169-8834 ;