Download or read book The Nestorians of Persia written by American Sunday-School Union and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Residence of Eight Years in Persia Among the Nestorian Christians written by Justin Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Researches of the Rev E Smith and Rev H G O Dwight in Armenia written by Eli Smith and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches written by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missionary Stories and the Formation of the Syriac Churches analyzes the hagiographic traditions of seven missionary saints in the Syriac heritage during late antiquity: Thomas, Addai, Mari, John of Ephesus, Simeon of Beth Arsham, Jacob Baradaeus, and Ahudemmeh. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent studies a body of legends about the missionariesÕ voyages in the Syrian Orient to illustrate their shared symbols and motifs. Revealing how these texts encapsulated the concerns of the communities that produced them, she draws attention to the role of hagiography as a malleable genre that was well-suited for the idealized presentation of the beginnings of Christian communities. Hagiographers, through their reworking of missionary themes, asserted autonomy, orthodoxy, and apostolicity for their individual civic and monastic communities, positioning themselves in relationship to the rulers of their empires and to competing forms of Christianity. Saint-Laurent argues that missionary hagiography is an important and neglected source for understanding the development of the East and West Syriac ecclesiastical bodies: the Syrian Orthodox Church and the Church of the East. Given that many of these Syriac-speaking churches remain today in the Middle East and India, with diaspora communities in Europe and North America, this work opens the door for further study of the role of saints and stories as symbolic links between ancient and modern traditions.
Download or read book The Nestorians written by Asahel Grant and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Residence of Eight Years in Persia Among the Nestorian Christians written by Justin Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Western Christian Presence in the Russias and Q j r Persia C 1760 c 1870 written by Thomas S. R. O Flynn and published by Studies in Christian Mission. This book was released on 2017 with total page 1113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of The 2018 Saidi-Sirjani Book AwardIn The Western Christian Presence in the Russias and Qājār Persia, c.1760-c.1870, Thomas O'Flynn vividly paints the life and times of missionary enterprises in early nineteenth-century Russia and Persia at a moment of immense change when Tsarist Russia embarked on an expansionist campaign reaching to the Caucasus. Simultaneously he charts the relationship between the new Persian dynasty of the Qājārs and missionary activity on the part of European and American missionaries. This book reconstructs that world from a predominantly religious perspective. It recounts the sustaining ideals as well as the everyday struggles of the western missionaries, Protestant (Scottish, Basel and American Congregationalist) and Catholic (Jesuit and Vincentian). It looks at the reactions of diverse tribal peoples, the Tatars of the North Caucasus, the Kabardians and Circassians. Persia was the ultimate goal of these missionaries, which they eventually reached in the 1820s. Altogether this study throws light on the troubled course of history in West Asia and provides the background to politico-religious conflicts in Chechnya and Persia that persist to the present day.
Download or read book The Nestorians Or The Lost Tribes written by Asahel Grant and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Church of the East and the Church of England written by J. F. Coakley and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years before the First World War the Church of England maintained a mission of help to the Assyrian Church of the East (popularly known as the Nestorian Church) in its homeland, a corner of eastern Turkey and northwestern Persia. Its ideal was to restore this body to its ancient vitality and its place as an independent branch of the true church. The Mission faced many problems. At home there was the difficulty of justifying support of a "heretical" church. In the field, the confidence of the Assyrians proved difficult to gain, especially in competition with other missions: French Catholic and American Presbyterian. Still, it had notable accomplishments. Archbishop Benson, the founder, strictly ruled out any proselytizing to the Anglican church, and in this respect his Assyrian Mission withstands scrutiny in modern eyes better than some other missions of the Victorian era. The first study to cover this history, Coakley's book will be of interest to scholars concerned with oriental churches and church history, as well as students of Middle Eastern history.
Download or read book A Residence of Eight Years in Persia Among the Nestorian Christians written by Justin Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pitiful Plight of the Assyrian Christians in Persia and Kurdistan written by William Walker Rockwell and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Persia and the Persian Question written by George Nathaniel Curzon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of edition published by Longmans, Green, and Co. in 1892.
Download or read book East of the Euphrates written by T. V. Philip and published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Persia and the Persian Question written by Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925) was a British politician, traveler, and writer who served as viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and foreign secretary from 1919 to 1924. As a young man he traveled extensively and wrote several books that drew on his travels, including Russia in Central Asia (1889), Persia and the Persian Question (1892), and Problems of the Far East (1894). Persia and the Persian Question, presented here, is two-volume work, based on a six-month stay in Iran that Curzon began in late 1899 as a correspondent for the London newspaper, the Times. The author's intent, as he states in the preface, is to produce "the standard work in the English language" on the subject. After two introductory chapters, chapters 3-12 document Curzon's visits to and observations concerning different parts of the country, including the journey from Ashkabad (present-day Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) into Iran and stays in Kuchan, Meshed, Khorasan, Seistan, Tehran, and elsewhere. Volume one concludes with individual chapters devoted to the shah and the royal family; the government; institutions and reforms; the northwest and northwestern provinces; the army; and railroads. Volume two begins with another seven chapters (19-25) recounting journeys to different parts of the country, including Isfahan, Shiraz, Bushir (present-day Bushehr), and the eastern, southeastern, and southwestern provinces. The remaining chapters (26-30) deal with the navy; the Persian Gulf; revenue, resources and manufactures; commerce and trade; and British and Russian policy in Persia. For Curzon, the essence of "the Persian question" is the rivalry between the Russian and British empires for influence in Persia, which he discusses in detail in the final chapter. This chapter also deals with Persia's "two Asiatic neighbours," Afghanistan and the Ottoman Empire, both of which "held large tracts of territory that were once included within the Persian dominions." Curzon ends on a hopeful note regarding the future development of the country, but he cautions patience and warns that "colossal schemes for the swift regeneration of Persia ... will only end in fiasco." He also warns against a dominant role for foreign concessions: "Persian capital must be interested in the exploitation of Persian resources, for a monopoly of the finance by foreigners excites jealousy, and suggests the idea of usurpation." The book includes illustrations and maps.
Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in Asia Minor Transcaucasia Persia Etc written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the World s Religions written by Robert Charles Zaehner and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers many world religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Shinto, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Dialectical meterialism, etc.
Download or read book Missionary Life in Persia written by Justin Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
