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Title
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Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I
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Creator
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David Gaunt
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Date
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2006
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Description
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In Massacres, Resistance, Protectors (2006), David Gaunt explains that Anglican work in the mid nineteenth century helped standardize “Assyrian” as a label for Eastern or “Oriental” Christians, especially those often called Nestorians. English clergy began formal contacts in the 1840s, and in 1870 Archbishop A. C. Tait used “Assyrians” in a public appeal to establish the Assyrian Christians Aid Fund. In 1886 the Archbishop of Canterbury created a mission explicitly to the Assyrians. Gaunt notes that the choice of “Assyrian” was deliberate, since it sounded neutral and dignified compared with “Nestorian,” a term burdened by charges of heresy. Through Anglican fundraising, reports, and mission networks, this usage spread in English discourse and helped shift a confessional label toward a broader ethnonym.
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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Massacres, Resistance, Protectors: Muslim Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia during World War I, David Gaunt, 2006, p. 16
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archive.org
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Subject
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Genocide
