Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Note On Transliteration, Translation, And Spelling xvii
7. Chapter 1. The American Missionary Encounter in Egypt 1
8. Chapter 2. The American Mission, Coptic Reform, and the Making of an Egyptian Evangelical Community, 1854–82 18
9. Chapter 3. The Colonial Moment of the American Mission, 1882–1918 48
10. Chapter 4. Egyptian Nationalism, Religious Liberty, and the Rethinking of the American Mission, 1918–45 96
11. Chapter 5. The Mission of the American University in Cairo 149
12. Chapter 6. Turning to the Life of the Church: American Mission in an Age of Egyptian Decolonization and Arab-Israeli Politics, 1945–67 179
13. Conclusion. Conversions And Transformations 215
14. Notes 233
15. Bibliography 283
16. Index 307