The modern Assyrians of the Middle East : encounters with Western Christian missions, archaeologists, and colonial powers
The Assyrians, also known as Nestorians, are an eastern Christian group that has actively pursued missionary activity in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran since the 19th century. Joseph (Middle Eastern history, Princeton U.), in the revised edition of his 1961 The Nestorians and their Muslim neighbors, traces the history of this group, their missionary activity among, and persecution by the Muslims, and their manipulation by colonial Christian powers (in part through the Church of England) in a study that will appeal to those interested in the religious and political history of the region and colonialism with regard to Islam. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Studies in Christian mission, v. 26
History
xii, 291 pages : maps ; 25 cm
9789004116412, 9004116419
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Preliminary material
NESTORIANS, CHALDEANS, SYRIANS, ARAMEANS, ASSYRIANS
EARLY BEGINNINGS
MISSIONARIES, KURDS, AND CHRISTIANS
MISSION TO AZERBAYJAN
THE POWERS, KURDS, AND CHRISTIANS
THE CALM AND THE STORM
IN EXILE
THE INEVITABLE CLASH
BETWEEN MUTUALLY HOSTILE NEIGHBORS
FROM MISSIONS TO ECUMENISM
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Books and Public Documents
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Articles and Periodicals
INDEX