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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... feelings no other place in the world did . " Even she could not explain the reason of that enchantment by a ruined ... feeling that it " identifies with the earliest history of our sacred scriptures . " 67 66 The Bible was also useful on ...
... feelings no other place in the world did . " Even she could not explain the reason of that enchantment by a ruined ... feeling that it " identifies with the earliest history of our sacred scriptures . " 67 66 The Bible was also useful on ...
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... feelings of a former owner . The first great dome she sees is the mosque of St. Sophia , " once the magnificent temple of Constantine , and dedicated to the worship of the religion of Christ . " 82 But many of these " splended ...
... feelings of a former owner . The first great dome she sees is the mosque of St. Sophia , " once the magnificent temple of Constantine , and dedicated to the worship of the religion of Christ . " 82 But many of these " splended ...
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... feelings were often stirred by the sight of the sacred city despite its deteriorating condition and the abuses of ... feeling " 105 The scene evokes Jones ' memory of the Psalms of David , no doubt part of his early religious training ...
... feelings were often stirred by the sight of the sacred city despite its deteriorating condition and the abuses of ... feeling " 105 The scene evokes Jones ' memory of the Psalms of David , no doubt part of his early religious training ...
Contents
A Place for My People | 1 |
The Star in the West | 15 |
The Prophets Progress | 27 |
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