Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria - Couverture rigide

Womack, Deanna Ferree

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474436714 ISBN 13 : 9781474436717

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2019

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474436714
• ISBN 13: 9781474436717
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 424
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