Tejirian, Eleanor Harvey, 1938-

Conflict, conquest, and conversion : two thousand years of Christian missions in the Middle East / Eleanor H. Tejirian and Reeva Spector Simon. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2012. - xiv, 280 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spread of Christianity: the first thousand years -- Latin west in the Middle East: pilgrimage, crusade, and mission -- Disintegration, revival, Reformation, and counter-Reformation: 1450-1800 -- Great awakening of the Protestants and the Anglicans -- Missionaries and European diplomatic competition -- Imperialist moment: from the Congress of Berlin to World War I -- Achievements and consequences: intended and unintended -- World War I: nationalism, independence, and the fate of the missionary enterprise -- Setting the agenda: from conversion to witness and back.

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Missions--History.--Middle East

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