The orphan scandal Christian missionaries and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood /

Baron, Beth (1958-....)

The orphan scandal Christian missionaries and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood / [Texte imprimé] : Beth Baron - Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2014 - 1 vol. (XXI-245 p.) : ill., couv. ill. ; 24 cm

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Prologue : summer of 1933 : the Turkiyya Hasan affair -- Part I. The best of intentions : Evangelicals on the Nile. Forgotten children : caring for the orphaned and abandoned -- Winning souls for Christ : American Presbyterians in Cairo -- Speaking in tongues : Pentecostal revival in Asyut -- Nothing less than a miracle : the Swedish Salaam Mission of Port Said -- Part II. Unintended consequences : Islamists and the state. Fight them with their own weapons : the origins of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Combating conversion : the expansion of the anti-missionary movement -- Crackdown : suppressing the League for the Defense of Islam -- The battle for Egypt's orphans : toward a Muslim welfare state

978-0-8047-9076-5 978-0-8047-9138-0

Missions / Egypt / History / 20th century Missions to Muslims / Egypt / History / 20th century Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) / History Orphans / Services for / Egypt / History / 20th century Public welfare / Egypt / History / 20th century Islam / Relations / Christianity / History / 20th century Christianity and other religions / Islam / History / 20th century

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