Mission Manifest : American Evangelicals and Iran in the Twentieth Century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shannon, Matthew K.

Series:

The United States in the World Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Iran Mission.

United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024.

Summary:

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Contents:

Mission Manifest

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Introduction

1. The "Errand" to Iran: Mission and Place in Transnational History

2. "Into the Commonwealth Stage": The Old Mission of the Evangelical Church

3. "Spiritual Lend Lease": Literacy, Social Work, and the New Mission for Development

4. "Something Other Than Ordinary Education": International Schools in Pahlavi Iran

5. "These Young Persian Friends of Mine": Associationalism in US-Iran Relations

6. The Persian "Boomerang": The Presbyterian Mission in the United States

7. "Build It for the Eye of God": The American Colony, Mission, and Place after 1965

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Map and Photo gallery.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501775963

1501775960

9781501775956

1501775952

OCLC:

1436832379