American Protestant’s Postbellum search for belonging

After the civil war in the U.S., American Protestants were under multiple assaults and they developed a desire to travel abroad. After the publishing of many books about the Holy Land, written by American travelers, the interest in the Near East was surging. This is discussed in Milette Shamir’s article ‘Our Jerusalem’ Americans in the Holy Land and Protestant Narratives of National Entitlement.