Kidd, Thomas S.

American Christians and Islam : evangelical culture and Muslims from the colonial period to the age of terrorism / Thomas S. Kidd. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009. - xx, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-194) and index.

Early American Christians and Islam -- The Barbary wars, the last days, and Islam in early national America -- Foreign missions to Muslims in nineteenth-century America -- Samuel Zwemer, World War I, and "the evangelization of the Moslem world in this generation" -- The new missionary overture to Muslims and the Arab-Israeli crisis -- Christians respond to Muslims in modern America -- Maturing evangelical missions and war in the Middle East -- American Christians and Islam after September 11, 2001.

9780691133492 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2008026661


Missions to Muslims--History.
Missions, American--History.
Islam--Public opinion--History.
Public opinion--History.--United States
Protestants--Attitudes--History.--United States

BV2625 / .K53 2009

261.2/70973