Missionary in the Middle East

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The Journals of Joseph Wilford Booth

James A. Toronto and Kent F. Schull

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Introduction
Part 1: Everyday Missionary Life
Introduction
Travel and Transportation
Coping with Health Challenges
Languages, Translations, and Publications
Leisure Time
Part 2: Views of Local Culture, Politics, and Religion
Introduction
Encountering “Oriental” Culture
Relations with Government Officials
Interfaith Rivalry and Respect
Part 3: Latter-day Saint Community Life in Aintab, Aleppo, and Zara
Introduction
Challenges in Planting New Churches
Dealing with Poverty and Destitution
Reopening the Mission after World War I
Joseph Booth’s Death and Aftermath
Appendixes
Bibliography
About the Editors

About the Book

Joseph Wilford Booth, one of the first Latter-day Saint missionaries in the Ottoman Empire, served for seventeen years between 1898 and 1928 in what is today Turkey, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria. This collection of topically arranged, annotated, and contextualized excerpts from Booth’s journals provides insights about the early Latter-day Saint presence in the Middle East, including the everyday lives of the missionaries, local Church members, and larger populations in the region. Booth’s journals address the broader social, political, and cultural issues of a volatile period in the Middle East as he witnessed the end of the Ottoman Empire and the destructive effects of World War I on the region as a whole, but especially on the Ottoman Armenian population.

ISBN 978-1-9503-0458-5

Published in 2024