Attempting to Bring the Gospel Home: Scottish Missions to Palestine, 1839-1917

by Michael Marten

The first comprehensive study of Scottish religious imperialism in the Middle East highly topical in the light of parallels with American religious imperialism in the region has interdisciplinary importance and appeal Attempting to Bring the Gospel Home portrays the Scottish missions to Palestine carried out by Presbyterian churches. These missions had as their stated aim the conversion of Jews to Protestantism, but also attempted to 'convert' other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850439834
• ISBN13: 9781850439837
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"