Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Muslim-Christian Encounter in Khiva by Ratliff, Walter R.

Pilgrims on the Silk Road (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498252164)

Vendor: Walter R. Ratliff
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Format: Hardcover
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Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Muslim-Christian Encounter in Khiva by Ratliff, Walter R.

Pilgrims on the Silk Road

$67.00
Pilgrims on the Silk Road: A Muslim-Christian Encounter in Khiva by Ratliff, Walter R.

Pilgrims on the Silk Road

$67.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 a 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.

Author: Walter R. Ratliff
ISBN-10: 1498252168
ISBN-13: 9781498252164
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2010
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
By Walter R. Ratliff
By Walter R. Ratliff
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Walter Ratliff is a journalist and religion scholar from Washington, DC. He holds degrees from Georgetown University, Wheaton College, and the University of New Mexico. He is the producer/director of the documentary "Through the Desert Goes Our Journey" (2008).

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