{"product_id":"american-apostles-when-evangelicals-entered-the-world-of-islam-paperback-1","title":"American Apostles: When Evangelicals Entered the World of Islam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Leigh Heyrman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe surprising tale of the first American Protestant missionaries to proselytize in the Muslim world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAmerican Apostles\u003c\/i\u003e, the Bancroft Prize-winning historian Christine Leigh Heyrman chronicles the first fateful collision between American missionaries and the diverse religious cultures of the Levant. Pliny Fisk, Levi Parsons, Jonas King: though virtually unknown today, these three young New Englanders commanded attention across the United States two hundred years ago. Steeped in the biblical prophecies of evangelical Protestantism, these boys became the founding members of the Palestine mission and ventured to Ottoman Turkey, Egypt, and Syria, where they sought to expose the falsity of Muhammad's creed and to restore these bastions of Islam to true Christianity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe missionaries thrilled Americans with tales of crossing the Sinai on camel, sailing up the Nile, and exploring Jerusalem, but their journals tell a different story, revealing that their missions did not go according to plan. Instead of converting the Middle East, the members of the Palestine mission themselves experienced spiritual challenges; some of the missionaries developed a cosmopolitan curiosity about Islam while others devised images of Muslims that would fuel the first wave of Islamophobia in the United States. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Apostles \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life evangelicals' first encounters with the Middle East. The mission promised Americans a more accurate understanding of Islam, but it bolstered a more militant Christianity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Leigh Heyrman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Robert W. and Shirley P. Grimble Professor of American History at the University of Delaware. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCommerce and Culture: The Maritime \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunities of Colonial Massachusetts, 1690-1750\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSouthern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1998 Bancroft Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42596589994080,"sku":"9780809016525","price":40.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/NmZFMnZPalkvdks1ZFAxZHV6TkNhdz09.webp?v=1771638910","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/american-apostles-when-evangelicals-entered-the-world-of-islam-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}