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.