Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria

ISBN-13: 9781474436724 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 424 str.

Deanna Ferree Womack

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Notes on Translation; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 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; Glossary; Appendix A: Syrian Protestant Genealogies; Appendix B: American Missionary Families and Dates of Service; Appendix C: Founding Members of the Evangelical Independent Church of Beirut, 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.