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