Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria (Alternative Histories: Narratives from the Middle East and Mediterranean) - Tapa blanda

Womack, Deanna Ferree

 
9781474436724: Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria (Alternative Histories: Narratives from the Middle East and Mediterranean)
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ISBN 10: 1474436722 ISBN 13: 9781474436724
Editorial: Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Sinopsis

The Ottoman Syrians – residents of modern Syria and Lebanon – formed the first Arabic-speaking Evangelical Church in the region. This book offers a fresh narrative of the encounters of this minority Protestant community with American missionaries, Eastern churches and Muslims at the height of the Nahda, from 1860 to 1915. Drawing on rare Arabic publications, it challenges historiography that focuses on Western male actors. Instead it shows that Syrian Protestant women and men were agents of their own history who sought the salvation of Syria while adapting and challenging missionary teachings. These pioneers established a critical link between evangelical religiosity and the socio-cultural currents of the Nahda, making possible the literary and educational achievements of the American Syrian Mission and transforming Syrian society in ways that still endure today.

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Deanna Ferree Womack is Assistant Professor of History of Religions and Multifaith Relations at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and director of the Leadership and Multifaith Program (LAMP) in Atlanta. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Womack has lectured and published widely on the subjects of Arab Protestantism, mission history, world Christianity and Christian-Muslim relations. 'Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria' is her first book. Womack is co-editor, with Philip Forness, of the Edinburgh Studies in Middle Eastern Christianity series.

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A comprehensive study of Arab Protestantism during the Nahda in Ottoman SyriaThe Ottoman Syrians – residents of modern Syria and Lebanon – formed the first Arabic-speaking Evangelical Church in the region. This book offers a fresh narrative of the encounters of this minority Protestant community with American missionaries, Eastern churches and Muslims at the height of the Nahda, from 1860 to 1915.Drawing on rare Arabic publications, it challenges historiography that focuses on Western male actors. Instead it shows that Syrian Protestant women and men were agents of their own history who sought the salvation of Syria while adapting and challenging missionary teachings. These pioneers established a critical link between evangelical religiosity and the socio-cultural currents of the Nahda, making possible the literary and educational achievements of the American Syria Mission and transforming Syrian society in ways that still endure today.Key Features? Locates Syrian Protestant narratives within American, Ottoman and global histories? Explores macro-questions of Arab–American relations and gender roles in the Islamic world? Brings Middle Eastern studies into conversation with the field of World Christianity? Makes rare and neglected writings by Syrian Protestants accessible to non-Arabic speakers? Includes a bibliography of primary Arabic source materials by Syrian Protestant women? Provides family trees of Syrian Protestants? Includes rare photographs from nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ottoman SyriaDeanna Ferree Womack is Assistant Professor of History of Religions and Multifaith Relations at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.

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A comprehensive study of Arab Protestantism during the Nahda in Ottoman SyriaThe Ottoman Syrians residents of modern Syria and Lebanon formed the first Arabic-speaking Evangelical Church in the region. This book offers a fresh narrative of the encounters of this minority Protestant community with American missionaries, Eastern churches and Muslims at the height of the Nahda, from 1860 to 1915. Drawing on rare Arabic publications, it challenges historiography that focuses on Western male actors. Instead it shows that Syrian Protestant women and men were agents of their own history who sought the salvation of Syria while adapting and challenging missionary teachings. These pioneers established a critical link between evangelical religiosity and the socio-cultural currents of the Nahda, making possible the literary and educational achievements of the American Syria Mission and transforming Syrian society in ways that still endure today. Key Features? Locates Syrian Protestant narratives within American, Ottoman and global histories? Explores macro-questions of Arab American relations and gender roles in the Islamic world? Brings Middle Eastern studies into conversation with the field of World Christianity? Makes rare and neglected writings by Syrian Protestants accessible to non-Arabic speakers? Includes a bibliography of primary Arabic source materials by Syrian Protestant women? Provides family trees of Syrian Protestants? Includes rare photographs from nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ottoman SyriaDeanna Ferree Womack is Assistant Professor of History of Religions and Multifaith Relations at Emory University s Candler School of Theology.

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Editorial
Edinburgh University Press
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1474436722
ISBN 13 
9781474436724
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
424
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