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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... spread of Islam . According to Adams , " Mohammed contrived by the permission of poligamy and concubinage to make his creed palatable to the most depraved of mankind . " 44 Hayward also states that his law was artfully and marvellously ...
... spread of Islam . According to Adams , " Mohammed contrived by the permission of poligamy and concubinage to make his creed palatable to the most depraved of mankind . " 44 Hayward also states that his law was artfully and marvellously ...
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... spreading Christianity over the na- tion and the world . " 23 One of the important factors which gave force to the ... spread the religion of Christ . Thus it seemed appropriate that during the first two decades of its life , the ...
... spreading Christianity over the na- tion and the world . " 23 One of the important factors which gave force to the ... spread the religion of Christ . Thus it seemed appropriate that during the first two decades of its life , the ...
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... spread and wonderful religion - the land of a thousand miracles - the original home of a people now spread every where , and every where a miracle ; and every where , from Lapland to India , still yearning towards their fatherland - the ...
... spread and wonderful religion - the land of a thousand miracles - the original home of a people now spread every where , and every where a miracle ; and every where , from Lapland to India , still yearning towards their fatherland - the ...
Contents
A Place for My People | 1 |
The Star in the West | 15 |
The Prophets Progress | 27 |
Copyright | |
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