Matthew K. Shannon

Mission Manifest

American Evangelicals and Iran in the Twentieth Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"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"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 162mm x 239mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9781501775949
• ISBN-10: 1501775944
• Artikelnr.: 69939322

Autorenporträt

Matthew K. Shannon is Associate Professor of History at Emory & Henry College. He is the author of Losing Hearts and Minds, and editor of American-Iranian Dialogues.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The "Errand" to Iran: Mission and Place in Transnational History
2. "Into the Commonwealth Stage": The Old Mission of the Evangelical Church
3. "Spiritual Lend Lease": Literacy, Social Work, and the New Mission for
Development
4. "Something Other than the Ordinary Education": International Schools in
Pahlavi Iran
5. "These Young Persian Friends of Mine": Associationalism in U.S.-Iran
Relations
6. The Persian "Boomerang": The Presbyterian Mission in the United States
7. "Build it for the Eye of God": The American Colony, Mission, and Place
after 1965
Conclusion