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Author:

Baron, Beth.

Title:

The orphan scandal : Christian missionaries and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood / Beth Baron.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

viii, 245 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt)--History.
Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt)
Muslimbruderschaft.
Missions--Egypt--History--20th century.
Missions to Muslims--Egypt--History--20th century.
Orphans--History--Egypt--History--20th century.
Public welfare--Egypt--History--20th century.
Islam--History--Christianity--History--20th century.
Christianity and other religions--History--History--20th century.
Christianity and other religions--Islam.
Islam--Christianity.--Christianity.
Missions.
Missions to Muslims.
Orphans--Services for.
Public welfare.
Egypt.
Mission.
Religiöser Konflikt.
Ägypten.
1900 - 1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue : 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.

ISBN:

0804791384 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780804791380 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804790760 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780804790765 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)865536975

LCCN:

2014007328

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)