American evangelicals in Egypt : missionary encounters in an age of empire /

American evangelicals in Egypt : missionary encounters in an age of empire /

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Main Author: Sharkey, Heather J. 1967- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.

Subjects:

Presbyterian Church > Missions > Egypt.
Americans > Egypt > History.

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Call Number: BV3570 .S43 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • The American missionary encounter in Egypt
  • The American mission, Coptic reform, and the making of an Egyptian evangelical community, 1854-82
  • The colonial moment of the American mission, 1882-1918
  • Egyptian nationalism, religious liberty, and the rethinking of the American mission, 1918-45
  • The mission of the American University in Cairo
  • Turning to the life of the church : American mission in an age of Egyptian decolonization and Arab-Israeli politics, 1945-67
  • Conclusion: Conversions and transformations.