I Am a Pilgrim, a Traveler, a Stranger: Exploring the Life and Mind of the First American Missionary to the Middle East, the Rev. Pliny Fisk (1792-1825) (American Society of Missiology Monograph) - Softcover

Hubers, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498282989 ISBN 13: 9781498282987

Publisher: Pickwick Publications, 2016

Synopsis

In this book--part biography, part critical analysis--John Hubers introduces us to a man whose pioneering ministry in the Ottoman Empire has gone largely unnoticed since his memoir was penned in 1828, three years after his death in Beirut, by a seminary colleague. His name was Pliny Fisk, and he belonged to a cadre of New England seminary students whose evangelical Calvinism led them to believe that God was opening up a new chapter in the life of the Church that included an aggressive evangelism outside the borders of Christendom. Fisk and his friend Levi Parsons joined that effort in 1819 when they became the first American missionaries sent to the Ottoman Empire by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Hubers's intent is to show the complexity of Fisk's character while examining the impact his move to the Middle East made on his perceptions of the religious other. As such, this volume joins a growing body of literature aimed at providing critical, historical, and religious context to the often checkered history of relations between American Christians and Western Asian peoples.

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About the Author

John Hubers is the Professor of Missiology and Director of Global Education at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. Previously he served as the Supervisor of the Reformed Church in America's Mission Program in the Middle East and South Asia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498282989
• ISBN 13: 9781498282987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230