Imperial Fault Lines
Imperial Fault Lines

Author: Jeffrey Cox

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780804743181

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This book tells the history of Christian missionary encounters with non-Christians, as British and American missionaries spread out from Delhi into the heartland of Punjaba part of the world where there were no Christians at all until the advent of British imperial rule in the early 19th century."

The Yezidis
The Yezidis

Author: John S. Guest

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-01-27

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1000817504

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First Published in 1987 The Yezidis: A Study in Survival traces the origin of Yezidi community’s religion, describes the discovery of the people by Western travellers in the early nineteenth century and details the Yezidi community’s traumatic history and their status in the 80s. The Yezidi religious group is spread out over Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and erstwhile USSR and have retained their identity for over 500 years. The Yezidi’s believe that Lucifer, the fallen angel, has been forgiven by God and reinstated as chief angel: their history is, like their faith, characterized by dignity and survival in the face of great odds. Chapters also cover Sultan Abdul Hamid’s cruel but vain efforts to force the Yezidis to embrace Islam, leading to the emergence of Mayan Khatun, a strong-willed Yezidi princess who ruled the community from 1913-1958. They include vivid account of her rivalry with her brother Ismail and the ill-fated marriage between her son and his daughter. The final chapter describes the community in Soviet Armenia and Georgia. This book is a must read for students of Middle East studies and Middle East history.

Survival Among The Kurds
Survival Among The Kurds

Author: John S. Guest

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1136157360

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First published in 1993. The Yezidis are a community of around 200,000 Kurds who possess their own religion, quite distinct from Islam, which most other Kurds profess, and from the Christian and Jewish faiths. The Yezidis live in the northern parts of Iraq and Syria, in eastern Turkey, in Germany and in the ex-Soviet republics of Armenia and Georgia. (In Armenia the Yezidis, long classified as Kurds, are now recognized as a separate minority group and the term 'Kurd' is applied only to Moslem Kurds.) This book stems from a conversation with the Yezidi priest of the village who remarked that now the children were learning to read and write they were asking him questions about the Yezidi scriptures and the history of the community. Lacking any written material, he could only repeat to them the oral traditions he had himself learned as a child.

Unveiling God:
Unveiling God:

Author: Martin Parsons

Publisher: William Carey Publishing

Published: 2005-06-01

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 087808570X

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“Muslim responses to Christianity down the ages have been shaped by diverse factors. One of the primary stumbling blocks has been Muslim misperceptions of Christian core beliefs about the person of Jesus and the nature of God. This study includes a practical example of contextualization which should provide great insights to Christians who are trying to explain their faith to Muslims in diverse contexts.” –Peter G. Riddell, Professor of Islamics; Director, Centre for Muslim-Christian Relations

The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Valpy French: First Bishop of Lahore;
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Valpy French: First Bishop of Lahore;

Author: Herbert Alfred Birks

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-09

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9781377256641

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Missionaries, Rebellion and Proto-Nationalism
Missionaries, Rebellion and Proto-Nationalism

Author: Geoffrey A. Oddie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-05

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1136809961

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The Rev. James Long was one of the most remarkable Protestant missionaries working in India in the nineteenth century. Sent to Calcutta at the age of 22 in 1840, he devoted his life to representing what he passionately believed were the best interests of the forgotten poor and oppressed among the Bengali population. Long was a central figure in the indigo planting controversy of 1861 and suffered imprisonment as a result. His memory is revered even today in modern India, where his contribution to the development of Bengali vernacular education, literature, history, and sociology is highly regarded. Dr Oddie has produced the first full-length biography of Rev Long, examining his work and activities in the context of his own background, philosophy and motivation as well as the political and cultural climate of the day. This book will add significantly to our knowledge of social movements in nineteenth century India and the colonial responses to them.