Christian homeland : Episcopalians and the Middle East, 1820-1958 / Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr.

"Christian Homeland examines the history of the Episcopal Church's involvement in missionary work in the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and it describes how the denomination's evangelistic activities and theological ideas influenced the response of church membe...

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Main Author: Shattuck, Gardiner H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Chronology (1820-1958)
  • Introduction
  • 1. Pure and Undefiled Religion: Horatio Southgate and the Mission in Constantinople
  • 2. Alive in Many a Dark Place: Saving the Christians of the East
  • 3. Afflicted Peoples: Genocide, Humanitarian Relief, and Ministry to the Foreign-Born
  • 4. Remaking a Nation: Episcopalians and the Post-Ottoman Middle East
  • 5. Palestine Problem: Charles Bridgeman and the Anglican Campaign against Zionism
  • 6. Emotional Typhoon: War and Crisis in the Holy Land
  • 7. Extinction in the Land of Its Birth: Israeli Nationhood and the Future of Middle Eastern Christianity
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index