Islam and Arabs in Early American Thought: Roots of Orientalism in AmericaThis book chronicles the dreams, illusions and aspirations of American missionaries, world travellers and national leaders, from colonial times forward, as they sought to establish "an American Israel" in the Holy Land. In their dispositions the reader can glimpse the battleground for Christian Americans and Middle Eastern Moslems in succeeding centuries. The author brings insights from his own religious roots to complement his grasp of the American phenomena which produced Orientalism. He traces the fundamentalist movements and national philosophies which influenced Americans to view themselves as the "Chosen People" and to extend their missionary resolves to the policy of "Manifest Destiny." Thus the future of American-Arab relations in the Middle East was set upon antithetical paths. |
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Page 55
... faith is found not only in his presentation of the principal tenets of Islam but also in his differen- tiation between Islam as a creed and the state of the people who professed that creed . This is all the more striking because it ...
... faith is found not only in his presentation of the principal tenets of Islam but also in his differen- tiation between Islam as a creed and the state of the people who professed that creed . This is all the more striking because it ...
Page 94
... faith . " 46 He was at the same time very jealous of the efforts of the local authorities who sent teachers to the Bedouins in order to educate them in their faith and " make them Mohammedan . " 47 This , he feared , would forestall his ...
... faith . " 46 He was at the same time very jealous of the efforts of the local authorities who sent teachers to the Bedouins in order to educate them in their faith and " make them Mohammedan . " 47 This , he feared , would forestall his ...
Page 144
... faith : " I know not how to leave you , yet since I must , I will put my beloved into his arms , who loves him best , and is a faithful keeper of all that is committed to him . Now , thou , the hope of Israel , and the sure help of all ...
... faith : " I know not how to leave you , yet since I must , I will put my beloved into his arms , who loves him best , and is a faithful keeper of all that is committed to him . Now , thou , the hope of Israel , and the sure help of all ...
Contents
A Place for My People | 1 |
The Star in the West | 15 |
The Prophets Progress | 27 |
Copyright | |
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