Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria / / Deanna Ferree Womack.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Womack, Deanna Ferree,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Alternative Histories : ALHI
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations Photographs

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 wit...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Transliteration
• List of Abbreviations
• Glossary of Arabic Terms
• Introduction
• 1 Evangelical Awakening: Becoming Protestant in the Arab Renaissance
• 2 “Publishing” the Gospel, Reading the Nahda: Protestant Print Culture in Late Ottoman Syria
• 3 A Feminist Awakening? Evangelical Women and the Arab Renaissance
• 4 Ministers and Nahdawi Masculinity: The Beirut Church Controversy
• 5 Syrian Women with a Mission: Preaching the Bible and Building the Protestant Church
• Conclusion
• Appendix A Syrian Protestant Genealogies
• Appendix B American Missionary Families and Dates of Service, 1823–1915
• Appendix C Founding Members of the Evangelical Independent Church of Beirut, March 18, 1894
• Appendix D Biblewomen Employed by the British Syrian Mission, 1860–1914
• Appendix E Statistical Comparison: Biblewomen of the British and American Missions
• Appendix F Publications of Syrian Women at the American Mission Press, Beirut
• Bibliography
• Index of Names
• Index of Subjects