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100 1 a| Makdisi, Ussama Samir,d| 1968-=| ^A460542;

245 10 a| Artillery of heaven :b| American missionaries and the failed conversion of the Middle East /c| Ussama Makdisi.;

260 a| Ithaca :b| Cornell University Press,c| 2008.;

300 a| xi, 262 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm.;

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490 1 a| United States in the world;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-251) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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

Author/creator	Makdisi, Ussama Samir, 1968-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Description	xi, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects	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)

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