Heather J Sharkey: 2 books
by Heather J. Sharkey
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Across centuries, the Islamic Middle East hosted large populations of Christians and Jews in addition to Muslims. Today, this diversity is mostly absent. In this book, Heather J. Sharkey examines the history that Muslims, Christians, and Jews once shared against the shifting backdrop of state policies....
American Evangelicals in Egypt
Missionary Encounters in an Age of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
In 1854, American Presbyterian missionaries arrived in Egypt as part of a larger Anglo-American Protestant movement aiming for worldwide evangelization. Protected by British imperial power, and later by mounting American global influence, their enterprise flourished during the next century. American...