David D. Grafton

Gebundenes Buch

American Biblical Orientalism

The Construction of Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Nineteenth-Century American Evangelical Piety

Beschreibung

This book explores the writings of thee Americans evangelicals and their views of the people of the "Bible Lands" in the nineteenth century. David D. Grafton argues that their descriptions of the people impacted the way in which American Bible readers "orientalized" these peoples, fitting them into biblical categories as heroes or villains.

Autor

David D. Grafton is Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary. He is an ELCA pastor and theological educator who has taught in seminaries in Philadelphia and Cairo, Egypt. He has also served congregations in New Jersey, England, and Cairo. Among other publications, he is the author of Piety, Politics and Power: Lutherans Encountering Islam in the Middle East (Wipf & Stock, 2009).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fortress Academic
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781978704862
• ISBN-10: 1978704860
• Artikelnr.: 57572132