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Revival and Awakening: American Evangelical Missionaries in Iran and the Origins of Assyrian Nationalism
Adam H. Becker
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Paperback. Shows that Americans themselves through their missionaries had a strong hand in the development of one of the Middle East's most intriguing groups: the modern Assyrians. This book examines how these missionaries, working with the "Nestorian" Church of the East, an Aramaic-speaking Christian community in the borderlands between Qajar Iran and more. Num Pages: 440 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; HRAX; HRCX7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
For most Americans the powerful ties between religion and nationalism in the Middle East are utterly foreign forces, profoundly tied to the regional histories of the people who live there. However, Adam H. Becker shows that Americans themselves - through their missionaries - had a strong hand in the development of one of the Middle East's most intriguing groups: the modern Assyrians. Richly detailing the history of this Christian minority and the powerful influence American missionaries had on them, he unveils a fascinating relationship between modern global contact and the retrieval of an ancient identity. American evangelicals arrived in Iran ... Read more
For most Americans the powerful ties between religion and nationalism in the Middle East are utterly foreign forces, profoundly tied to the regional histories of the people who live there. However, Adam H. Becker shows that Americans themselves - through their missionaries - had a strong hand in the development of one of the Middle East's most intriguing groups: the modern Assyrians. Richly detailing the history of this Christian minority and the powerful influence American missionaries had on them, he unveils a fascinating relationship between modern global contact and the retrieval of an ancient identity. American evangelicals arrived in Iran ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226145310
SKU
V9780226145310
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About Adam H. Becker
Adam H. Becker is associate professor of religious studies and classics at New York University. He is the author of Fear of God and the Beginning of Wisdom.
Reviews for Revival and Awakening: American Evangelical Missionaries in Iran and the Origins of Assyrian Nationalism
"Unraveling the complex process in which the American Protestant project of moral and religious reform helped to stimulate the development of 'Assyrian' national consciousness, Becker provides an excellent example of how secular modernity could be configured in a noncolonial missionary context in the encounter between two different Christian communities." (Talal Asad, author of Formations of the Secular)