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Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion

Posted on by Eleanor H. Tejirian,Reeva Spector Simon

Two Thousand Years of Christian Missions in the Middle East

Author: Eleanor H. Tejirian,Reeva Spector Simon

Publisher: Columbia University Press

ISBN: 0231138652

Category: History

Page: 296

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Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion surveys two thousand years of the Christian missionary enterprise in the Middle East within the context of the region's political evolution. Its broad, rich narrative follows Christian missions as they interacted with imperial powers and as the momentum of religious change shifted from Christianity to Islam and back, adding new dimensions to the history of the region and the nature of the relationship between the Middle East and the West. Historians and political scientists increasingly recognize the importance of integrating religion into political analysis, and this volume, using long-neglected sources, uniquely advances this effort. It surveys Christian missions from the earliest days of Christianity to the present, paying particular attention to the role of Christian missions, both Protestant and Catholic, in shaping the political and economic imperialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Eleanor H. Tejirian and Reeva Spector Simon delineate the ongoing tensions between conversion and the focus on witness and "good works" within the missionary movement, which contributed to the development and spread of nongovernmental organizations. Through its conscientious, systematic study, this volume offers an unparalleled encounter with the social, political, and economic consequences of such trends.
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Geschichte des globalen Christentums

Posted on by Jens Holger Schjørring,Norman A. Hjelm

Teil 2: 19. Jahrhundert

Author: Jens Holger Schjørring,Norman A. Hjelm

Publisher: Kohlhammer Verlag

ISBN: 3170315048

Category: Religion

Page: 583

View: 7137

Die Verflochtenheit der Weltreligionen in die globalen Dynamiken der Gegenwart ist im 21. Jahrhundert selbstverständlich geworden. Das gilt auch für das Christentum. Angesichts der nach wie vor vorherrschenden regionalen oder nationalen Geschichtsschreibung ist allerdings nur wenig über den historischen Entwicklungsprozess des Christentums hin zu einer weltweit agierenden und plural differenzierten Religion bekannt. Der vorliegende Band präsentiert erstmals im deutschen Sprachraum eine umfassende, interkonfessionelle und interdisziplinäre Geschichte des Globalen Christentums im 19. Jahrhundert. Ausgewiesene Theologen, Kirchenhistoriker und Historiker zeichnen die zahlreichen Umbrüche nach, die das "lange 19. Jahrhundert" mit sich brachte und die das Christentum in die Moderne beförderten.
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Revival and Awakening

Posted on by Adam H. Becker

American Evangelical Missionaries in Iran and the Origins of Assyrian Nationalism

Author: Adam H. Becker

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 022614531X

Category: History

Page: 432

View: 468

This volume examines how the presence of an American evangelical mission in the borderlands between Qajar Iran and the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century contributed to the development of a secular nationalism among the indigenous Neo-Aramaic speaking Christian population of the region. A particular evangelical configuration of modernity was cultivated at the mission in the antebellum period, one belonging to a visceral realm often unrecognised in characterisations of secularism and the Enlightenment.
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Conflict and Conversion in Sixteenth Century Central Mexico

Posted on by Robert H. Jackson

The Augustinian War on and Beyond the Chichimeca Frontier

Author: Robert H. Jackson

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9004251219

Category: History

Page: 284

View: 9234

Concerns over native resistance to evangelization on and beyond the Chichimeca frontier (the frontier between sedentary and nomadic natives) prompted the Augustinian missionaries to use graphic visual images of hell to convince natives to embrace the new faith. The Augustinians believed that they were in a war against Satan.
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The Spiritual Conflict and Conquest

Posted on by Juan de Castañiza

Author: Juan de Castañiza

Publisher: N.A

ISBN: N.A

Category: Christian life

Page: 510

View: 2597

Posted in Christian life

Recruitment, Conquest, and Conflict

Posted on by Peder Borgen,Vernon Kay Robbins,David B. Gowler

Strategies in Judaism, Early Christianity, and the Greco-Roman World

Author: Peder Borgen,Vernon Kay Robbins,David B. Gowler

Publisher: Trinity Press International

ISBN: 9780788505263

Category: Religion

Page: 356

View: 8426

Explores questions regarding strategies of recruitment, issues of identification, and modes of conflict between various kinds of Jews and Christians in the New Testament.
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Conflict and Coexistence

Posted on by Lucy K. Pick

Archbishop Rodrigo and the Muslims and Jews of Medieval Spain

Author: Lucy K. Pick

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

ISBN: 9780472113873

Category: History

Page: 239

View: 624

Illuminates the career and method of one of thirteenth-century Spain's most important religious, military, and political figures
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Eine kurze Geschichte der Menschheit

Posted on by Yuval Noah Harari

Author: Yuval Noah Harari

Publisher: DVA

ISBN: 364110498X

Category: History

Page: 528

View: 1362

Krone der Schöpfung? Vor 100 000 Jahren war der Homo sapiens noch ein unbedeutendes Tier, das unauffällig in einem abgelegenen Winkel des afrikanischen Kontinents lebte. Unsere Vorfahren teilten sich den Planeten mit mindestens fünf weiteren menschlichen Spezies, und die Rolle, die sie im Ökosystem spielten, war nicht größer als die von Gorillas, Libellen oder Quallen. Vor 70 000 Jahren dann vollzog sich ein mysteriöser und rascher Wandel mit dem Homo sapiens, und es war vor allem die Beschaffenheit seines Gehirns, die ihn zum Herren des Planeten und zum Schrecken des Ökosystems werden ließ. Bis heute hat sich diese Vorherrschaft stetig zugespitzt: Der Mensch hat die Fähigkeit zu schöpferischem und zu zerstörerischem Handeln wie kein anderes Lebewesen. Anschaulich, unterhaltsam und stellenweise hochkomisch zeichnet Yuval Harari die Geschichte des Menschen nach und zeigt alle großen, aber auch alle ambivalenten Momente unserer Menschwerdung.
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The Mongols and the Islamic World

Posted on by Peter Jackson

From Conquest to Conversion

Author: Peter Jackson

Publisher: Yale University Press

ISBN: 030012533X

Category: HISTORY

Page: 640

View: 2230

An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Genghis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated much of Iran. Distinguished historian Peter Jackson offers a fresh and fascinating consideration of the years of infidel Mongol rule in Western Asia, drawing from an impressive array of primary sources as well as modern studies to demonstrate how Islam not only survived the savagery of the conquest, but spread throughout the empire. This unmatched study goes beyond the well-documented Mongol campaigns of massacre and devastation to explore different aspects of an immense imperial event that encompassed what is now Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan, as well as Central Asia and parts of eastern Europe. It examines in depth the cultural consequences for the incorporated Islamic lands, the Muslim experience of Mongol sovereignty, and the conquerors' eventual conversion to Islam.
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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia

Posted on by Jacques Bertrand

Author: Jacques Bertrand

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521524414

Category: History

Page: 278

View: 9368

An exploration of religious and ethnic conflict in a complex and often misunderstood part of the world.
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Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict

Posted on by Anthony H. Cordesman,Emma R. Davies

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman,Emma R. Davies

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN: 9780313349973

Category: History

Page: 841

View: 5044

The war in Iraq has expanded from a struggle between Coalition forces and the remnants of former regime loyalists to a multi-faceted conflict involving numerous Sunni groups, Shi'ite militias, Kurdish nationals, and foreign jihadists. "Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict" is Anthony Cordesman's latest assessment of the Iraqi conflict and documents its entire evolution, from the history of ethnic tensions through the current U.S. surge. He identifies each actor in the arena, analyzes their motivations, and presents a detailed record of their actions, tactics, and capabilities. Cordesman's exhaustive study, based on meticulous research, is the most thorough account of the war to date. Beginning with the consequences of imperial colonialism and touching upon the ethnic tensions throughout Saddam's regime, Cordesman examines and details the confluence of forces and events that have paved the way toward Iraq's current civil conflict. He analyzes major turning points, including elections, economic developments, and key incidents of violence that continue to shape the war. Finally, he outlines the lessons learned from this history and what can and cannot be done to stabilize the nation.
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Kaiser Karls Leben

Posted on by Einhard

Author: Einhard

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

ISBN: 3863821270

Category:

Page: 72

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Conversion, Competition, and Conflict

Posted on by Dick Kooiman,Otto Diederik van den Muijzenberg,Peter van der Veer

Essays on the Role of Religion in Asia

Author: Dick Kooiman,Otto Diederik van den Muijzenberg,Peter van der Veer

Publisher: N.A

ISBN: 9789062560851

Category: Asia

Page: 216

View: 9434

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Conquest and Pestilence in the Early Spanish Philippines

Posted on by Linda A. Newson

Author: Linda A. Newson

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

ISBN: 0824832728

Category: History

Page: 420

View: 6963

Illuminating the demographic history of the Spanish Philippines in the 16th and 17th centuries, this book demonstrates that the Filipino population suffered a significant decline in the early colonial period.
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Crusade and Christendom

Posted on by Jessalynn Bird,Edward Peters,James M. Powell

Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291

Author: Jessalynn Bird,Edward Peters,James M. Powell

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

ISBN: 0812207653

Category: History

Page: 536

View: 9531

In 1213, Pope Innocent III issued his letter Vineam Domini, thundering against the enemies of Christendom—the "beasts of many kinds that are attempting to destroy the vineyard of the Lord of Sabaoth"—and announcing a General Council of the Latin Church as redress. The Fourth Lateran Council, which convened in 1215, was unprecedented in its scope and impact, and it called for the Fifth Crusade as what its participants hoped would be the final defense of Christendom. For the first time, a collection of extensively annotated and translated documents illustrates the transformation of the crusade movement. Crusade and Christendom explores the way in which the crusade was used to define and extend the intellectual, religious, and political boundaries of Latin Christendom. It also illustrates how the very concept of the crusade was shaped by the urge to define and reform communities of practice and belief within Latin Christendom and by Latin Christendom's relationship with other communities, including dissenting political powers and heretical groups, the Moors in Spain, the Mongols, and eastern Christians. The relationship of the crusade to reform and missionary movements is also explored, as is its impact on individual lives and devotion. The selection of documents and bibliography incorporates and brings to life recent developments in crusade scholarship concerning military logistics and travel in the medieval period, popular and elite participation, the role of women, liturgy and preaching, and the impact of the crusade on western society and its relationship with other cultures and religions. Intended for the undergraduate yet also invaluable for teachers and scholars, this book illustrates how the crusades became crucial for defining and promoting the very concept and boundaries of Latin Christendom. It provides translations of and commentaries on key original sources and up-to-date bibliographic materials.
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The New Muslims of Post-Conquest Iran

Posted on by Sarah Bowen Savant

Tradition, Memory, and Conversion

Author: Sarah Bowen Savant

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1107014085

Category: History

Page: 294

View: 1859

This book focuses on the role of memory and its revision and erasure in the ninth to eleventh centuries.
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The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume II

Posted on by F. E. Peters

The Words and Will of God

Author: F. E. Peters

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 9780691123738

Category: Religion

Page: 432

View: 3965

The world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book--an extraordinarily comprehensive and approachable comparative introduction to these religions--seeks not so much to demonstrate the truth of this thesis as to illustrate it. Frank Peters, one of the world's foremost experts on the monotheistic faiths, takes Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and after briefly tracing the roots of each, places them side by side to show both their similarities and their differences. Volume I, The Peoples of God, tells the story of the foundation and formation of the three monotheistic communities, of their visible, historical presence. Volume II, The Words and Will of God, is devoted to their inner life, the spirit that animates and regulates them. Peters takes us to where these religions live: their scriptures, laws, institutions, and intentions; how each seeks to worship God and achieve salvation; and how they deal with their own (orthodox and heterodox) and with others (the goyim, the pagans, the infidels). Throughout, he measures--but never judges--one religion against the other. The prose is supple, the method rigorous. This is a remarkably cohesive, informative, and accessible narrative reflecting a lifetime of study by a single recognized authority in all three fields. The Monotheists is a magisterial comparison, for students and general readers as well as scholars, of the parties to one of the most troubling issues of today--the fierce, sometimes productive and often destructive, competition among the world's monotheists, the siblings called Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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