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ISBN10: 1606081330, ISBN13: 9781606081334, [publisher: Wipf and Stock Publisher, 199 W. 8th Ave. Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401] Softcover "In Pilgrims on the Silk Road, Ratlliff has brought to light a fascinating but little known chapter in the history of European involvement in Central Asia, along the silk road. His portrait of th Mennonite mission to Khiva makes for great reading and an excellent companion to such classic works as Peter Hopkirk's The Great Game." -Charles M. Stang Harvard Divinity School [Newton, KS, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
ISBN10: 1606081330, ISBN13: 9781606081334, [publisher: Wipf and Stock] Softcover Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 1 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
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ISBN10: 1606081330, ISBN13: 9781606081334, [publisher: Wipf and Stock] Softcover Book is in NEW condition. 1 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]
ISBN10: 1606081330, ISBN13: 9781606081334, [publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Synopsis:They were seeking religious freedom and the Second Coming of Christ in Central Asia. They found themselves in the care of a Muslim king. During the 1880s, Mennonites from Russia made a treacherous journey to the Silk Road kingdom of Khiva. Both Uzbek and Mennonite history seemed to set the stage for ongoing religious and ethnic discord. Yet their story became an example of friendship and cooperation between Muslims and Christians.Pilgrims on the Silk Road challenges conventional wisdom about the trek to Central Asia and the settlement of Ak Metchet. It shows how the story, long associated with failed End Times prophecies, is being recast in light of new evidence. Pilgrims highlights the role of Ak Metchet as a refuge for those fleeing Soviet oppression, and the continuing influence of the episode more than twelve decades later.Endorsements:'Walter Ratliff's history of the Mennonite Great Trek to Central Asia offers a new angle of vision upon one of the most remarkable events of Mennonite history. Pilgrims on the Silk Road puts the Great Trek into the context of nineteenth-century imperial rivalry and of the Russian conquest of Khiva. The author tells tales of Muslim-Christian cooperation that resonate with meaning in our twenty-first century of religious polarization. Ratliff's perspective ...
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