I am a pilgrim, a traveler, a stranger: exploring the life and mind of the first American missionary to the Middle East, the Rev. Pliny Fisk (1792-1825)
In this book--part biography, part critical analysis--John Hubers introduces us to a man whose pioneering ministry in the Ottoman Empire has gone largely unnoticed since his memoir was penned in 1828, three years after his death in Beirut, by a seminary colleague. His name was Pliny Fisk, and he bel...
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| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Pickwick Publications
[2016]
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Monograph series / American Society of Missiology (vol. 30)
Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | American Society of Missiology Monograph Series
vol. 30 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Fisk, Pliny 1792-1825
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| IxTheo Classification: | RJ Mission; missiology |
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Missionaries
B Middle East Religion Middle East Middle East Palestine United States B Religion B Biography B Fisk, Pliny 1792-1825 Fisk, Pliny 1792-1825 B Missions Middle East B Missions B Missionaries Biography Palestine B Missionaries Biography Middle East B Missionaries Biography United States |
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| Summary: | In this book--part biography, part critical analysis--John Hubers introduces us to a man whose pioneering ministry in the Ottoman Empire has gone largely unnoticed since his memoir was penned in 1828, three years after his death in Beirut, by a seminary colleague. His name was Pliny Fisk, and he belonged to a cadre of New England seminary students whose evangelical Calvinism led them to believe that God was opening up a new chapter in the life of the Church that included an aggressive evangelism outside the borders of Christendom. Fisk and his friend Levi Parsons joined that effort in 1819 when they became the first American missionaries sent to the Ottoman Empire by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Hubers's intent is to show the complexity of Fisk's character while examining the impact his move to the Middle East made on his perceptions of the religious other. As such, this volume joins a growing body of literature aimed at providing critical, historical, and religious context to the often checkered history of relations between American Christians and Western Asian peoples |
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| Item Description: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) |
| ISBN: | 1498282989 |