The Mission of the American Board in Syria Implications of a transcultural dialogue
Author: Uta Zeuge-Buberl
Publisher/Publication: Franz Steiner Verlag
DOI/ISBN: DOI 10.25162/9783515115995 ISBN 9783515113786;9783515115995
The edition covers the aims and activities of the Syria Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), which was active in the Ottoman Province of Syria (present-day Lebanon) between 1819 and 1870. The writer along with the editors, analyze cultural exchange between the Ottoman Empire and the United States through the example of four important persons, the missionaries Eli Smith and Cornelius Van Dyck, as well as the Syrian Protestants Butrus al-Bustani and John Wortabet. The volume presents a detailed description of mission work, highlighting the significance of interpersonal interactions within the field and providing important and less covered details on their work.
