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Author:   Heather J. Sharkey
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   56
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780691122618

ISBN 10:   069112261
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   02 November 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Spelling xvii Chapter 1: The American Missionary Encounter in Egypt 1 Chapter 2: The American Mission, Coptic Reform, and the Making of an Egyptian Evangelical Community, 1854-82 18 Chapter 3: The Colonial Moment of the American Mission, 1882-1918 48 Chapter 4: Egyptian Nationalism, Religious Liberty, and the Rethinking of the American Mission, 1918-45 96 Chapter 5: The Mission of the American University in Cairo 149 Chapter 6: Turning to the Life of the Church: American Mission in an Age of Egyptian Decolonization and Arab-Israeli Politics, 1945-67 179 Conclusion Conversions and Transformations 215 Notes 233 Bibliography 283 Index 307

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Sharkey's focus on twentieth-century issues is especially welcome, since relatively few scholars have chosen to concentrate on this phase of Presbyterian mission history... [S]he has added significantly to what can be known about Protestant mission history in the Middle East, the rapidly evolving character of Christian-Muslim relations since the nineteenth century, and the social, cultural, and political aspects of these encounters. -- Stanley H. Skreslet International Bulletin of Missionary Research This book will be of interest to several audiences. Specialists will welcome it as a provocative theorization of a critical period in the region's intellectual history... The work will also be of interest to Cold War historians... This is a rich work that succeeds in situating a remarkable chapter in Ethiopian history in a broader, comparative context. -- James De Lorenzi International Journal of African Historical Studies American Evangelicals in Egypt is an important book... While some should read the book out of a general interest in Egypt or the history of Presbyterian missions, there is much more to be found here. -- David Greenlee Missiology

Author Information

Heather J. Sharkey is an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of ""Living with Colonialism: Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan"".

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