Conflict, conquest, and conversion : two thousand years of Christian missions in the Middle East /
Tejirian, Eleanor Harvey,1938-
Simon, Reeva S.
New York : Columbia University Press,
c2012.
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.
Missions