Sanctifying the Settler-Colonial Gaze: Nineteenth-Century American Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

American Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land started within a historical and ideological context shaped by American territorial expansionism. The settler-colonial impulses informing that expansionism were carried to Palestine, where Palestinians were encountered as “savages” compared explicitly to...

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Главный автор: Smith, Robert O. 1974- (Автор)
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Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Sage Publ. [2018]
В: Theology today
Год: 2018, Том: 74, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 365-375
Индексация IxTheo:CD Христианство и культура
KAH Новое время
KBL Ближний Восток
KBQ Северная Америка
KCD Агиография
Другие ключевые слова:B Manifest Destiny
B American expansionism
B Holy Land
B Израиль (мотив)
B Pilgrimage
B Settler Colonialism
B PILGRIMS & pilgrimages
B Mark Twain
B AMERICAN Christian missions
B Herman Melville
B Palestine
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Итог:American Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land started within a historical and ideological context shaped by American territorial expansionism. The settler-colonial impulses informing that expansionism were carried to Palestine, where Palestinians were encountered as “savages” compared explicitly to American Indians. Erasure of the Holy Land's Indigenous inhabitants is thus sanctioned. Herman Melville's Clarel and Mark Twain's Innocents Abroad record this encounter. We must be aware of this history if it is not to be repeated in contemporary pilgrimage practices.
ISSN:2044-2556
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573617731715