Artillery of heaven : American missionaries and the failed conversion of the Middle East

Artillery of heaven : American missionaries and the failed conversion of the Middle East / Ussama Makdisi.

Author/creator	Makdisi, Ussama Samir, 1968-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Description	xi, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Shidyāq, Asʻad, 1798-1830. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Missions, American--Lebanon --History --19th century. Missions, American--Middle East --History --19th century. Religious pluralism--Middle East --History --19th century. Maronites--Lebanon --History --19th century. Christianity and other religions--Islam. Islam--Relations --Christianity.

Series	United States in the world United States in the world. ^A765710
Contents	Mather's America -- "The grammar of heresy" : coexistence in an Ottoman Arab world -- The flying of time -- The artillery of heaven -- An Arab puritan -- The apotheosis of American exceptionalism -- The vindication of Asʻad Shidyaq.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-251) and index.
LCCN	2007029232
ISBN	9780801446214 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	080144621X (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BV3210.L4 M35 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold