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100 1 $aGeniesse, Jane Fletcher $q(Jane Fletcher Geniesse).
245 10 $aAmerican Priestess$h[electronic resource].
260 $aNew York :$bKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$c2008.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aFor generations, a fabled mansion in Jerusalem has been the retreat for foreign correspondents, diplomats, pilgrims, and spies, but, until now, no one had known the true story of the house that became the American Colony Hotel, with its bizarre history of tragedy, religious- extremism, emotional blackmail, and peculiar sexual practices.In America's heartland, during the boom years following the Civil War, Horatio Spafford, a prominent Chicago lawyer, and his blue-eyed wife, Anna, rode the mighty tide of Protestant evangelicalism deluging the nation. In the wake of a sudden personal tragedy, the charismatic Spaffords convinced their followers that the Second Coming was at hand, and in 1881 they sailed with them to Jerusalem to see the Messiah alight on the Mount of Olives.No sooner had they settled into the Holy City than the American Consul and the established Christian missionaries declared them heretics and whispered of sexual deviance. Yet both Muslims and Jews admired their unflagging care of the sick and the needy, and Jews were intrigued by their advocacy of a Jewish return to Zion. When Horatio died, Anna assumed leadership, shocking even her adherents by abolishing marriage, and established a dictatorship that was not always benevolent. Ever dogged by controversy, she and her credulous followers lived through and closely participated in the titanic upheavals that eventually formed the modern Middle East. Written with flair and insight, American Priestess provides a fascinating exploration of the seductive power of evangelicalism and raises questions about the manipulation of religion to serve personal goals. A powerful narrative, the story sweeps through the dramatic collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the establishment of the British Mandate, and finally the founding of Israel, where the American Colony Hotel, Anna's house in East Jerusalem, stands as an exemplar of beauty and comfort, a favorite of heads of state and others fortunate enough to afford it.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bNew York :$cKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$d2008.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3442 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1464 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 2207 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3442 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1464 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 2207 KB).
653 #0 $aHistory
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aReligion & Spirituality
655 7 $aElectronic books.$2local
776 1 $cOriginal$z0385519265
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