Nearest East : American millennialism and mission to the Middle East / Hans-Lukas Kieser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kieser, Hans-Lukas.

Series:

Politics, history, and social change.

Politics, history, and social change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Millennialism--Political aspects--United States--History.

Millennialism.

Christianity and politics--United States--History.

Christianity and politics.

Missionaries--United States--History.

Missionaries.

Missionaries--Middle East--History.

Christian Zionism--United States--History.

Christian Zionism.

United States--Relations--Middle East.

United States.

Middle East--Relations--United States.

Middle East.

United States--Relations--Israel.

Israel--Relations--United States.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long before oil interests shaped American interaction with the Middle East, the U.S. had a strong influence on the late Ottoman and post-Ottoman region. Covering the period from approximately 1800 to the 1970's, Hans-Lukas Kieser's compelling Nearest East tells the story of this intimate, identity-building relationship between the U.S. and the Near East. Kieser chronicles how American missionaries worked to implement their belief in Biblical millennialism, enlightened modernity, and a modern Zion-Israel. Millennialism was part of an American identity that constitut

Contents:

The United States and the Near East, circa 1800

A quest for "Zion" and peace on Earth : mission to the Bible lands

Dream and trauma : missionary America and young Turkey, 1908-1923

Oil, Palestine-Israel, and empire of the good

American steps and shortcuts to "Zion" after 1967.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781439902240

1439902240

OCLC:

646066501