TY - BOOK ID - 3026640 TI - New faith in ancient lands PY - 2006 VL - 32 SN - 09249389 SN - 900415471X 9789004154711 9786611457808 1281457809 9047411404 9789047411406 9781281457806 6611457801 PB - Leiden Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Missions KW - Congresses. KW - Congrès KW - 266 <5-011> KW - Christian missions KW - Christianity KW - Missions, Foreign KW - Religion KW - Theology, Practical KW - Proselytizing KW - Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--Nabije-Oosten. Midden-Oosten KW - Congrè€s KW - Missions - Middle East - Congresses. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3026640 AB - Over the centuries, the Middle East has held an important place in the religious consciousness of many Christians in West and East. In the nineteenth century, these interests culminated in extensive missionary work of Protestant and Roman Catholic organisations, among Eastern Christians, Muslims and Jews. The present volume, in articles written by an international group of scholars, discusses themes like the historical background of Christian geopiety among Roman Catholics and Protestants, and the internal tensions and conflicting aims of missions and missionaries, such as between nationalist and internationalist interests, between various rival organisations and between conversionalist and civilizational aims of missions in the Ottoman Empire. In a synthetic overview and a comprehensive bibliography an up-to-date introduction into this field is provided. ER -