Synopses & Reviews
This book examines the role of the Scottish churches as part of the British imperial enterprise in the Middle East. These missions had as their stated aim the conversion of Jews to Protestantism, but also attempted to "convert" other Christians and Muslims. Michael Marten dicusses the missions to Damascus, Aleppo, Tiberias, Safad, Hebron and Jaffa. He describes the three main methods of the missionaries' work--confrontation, education and medicine--as well as the ways in which these were communicated to their supporting constituency in Scotland.
About the Author
Michael Marten was formerly a graduate student in the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, and now teaches at SOAS.
Table of Contents
Introduction * PART I: THE MISSIONS * The Beginnings: Exploration and the First Missions in the Levant * The Later Missions: Establishing a Long Term Presence * PART II: THE MISSIONARIES * The Missionaries' Context and Background * Missionary Methods and Interaction with the Local Population * Using Reculturation and Missionary Identification to Assess the Missions * Appendix * Bibliography Introduction * PART I: THE MISSIONS * The Beginnings: Exploration and the First Missions in the Levant * The Later Missions: Establishing a Long Term Presence * PART II: THE MISSIONARIES * The Missionaries' Context and Background * Missionary Methods and Interaction with the Local Population * Using Reculturation and Missionary Identification to Assess the Missions * Appendix * Bibliography