Mission manifest : American evangelicals and Iran in the twentieth century

Mission manifest American evangelicals and Iran in the twentieth century

The "Errand" to Iran : Mission and Place in Transnational History -- "Into the Commonwealth Stage" : The Old Mission of the Evangelical Church -- "Spiritual Lend Lease" : Literacy, Social Work, and the New Mission for Development -- "Something Other than the Ordina...

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1. Verfasser: Shannon, Matthew K. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:The United States in the world
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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A > United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A > Presbyterian Church > Missions > Missions, American > History > Missionaries > Iran > Presbyterian Church (USA) > Mission
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Zusammenfassung:The "Errand" to Iran : Mission and Place in Transnational History -- "Into the Commonwealth Stage" : The Old Mission of the Evangelical Church -- "Spiritual Lend Lease" : Literacy, Social Work, and the New Mission for Development -- "Something Other than the Ordinary Education" : International Schools in Pahlavi Iran -- "These Young Persian Friends of Mine" : Associationalism in US-Iran Relations -- The Persian "Boomerang" : The Presbyterian Mission in the United States -- "Build It for the Eye of God" : The American Colony, Mission, and Place after 1965.
"This book is about Presbyterian missionaries, other Americans with ideals, and their Iranian partners during the twentieth century. It analyzes the various ways in which their respective missions became manifest in Iran, particularly the national capital of Tehran, during the reign of the last Pahlavi shah"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:viii, 322 Seiten
ISBN:9781501775949
978-1-5017-7594-9