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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Alternative histories : narratives from the Middle East and Mediterranean
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Alternative histories.
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| Contents |
Evangelical Awakening: Becoming Protestant in the Arab Renaissance -- "Publishing" the Gospel, Reading the Nahda: Protestant Print Culture in Late Ottoman Syria -- A Feminist Awakening? Evangelical Women and the Arab Renaissance -- Ministers and Nahdawi Masculinity: the Beirut Church Controversy -- Syrian Women with a Mission: Preaching the Bible and Building the Protestant Church -- Conclusion |
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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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-393) and indexes. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Evangelical Church -- History.
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Evangelical Church. |
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History. |
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Evangelicalism -- Syria -- History.
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Evangelicalism. |
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Syria. |
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Protestants -- Syria -- History.
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Protestants. |
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Missions, American -- Syria.
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Missions, American. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Title |
Alumni Collection (Princeton Theological Seminary)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1474436714 9781474436717 (OCoLC)1039907639 |
| ISBN |
9781474436731 (electronic book) |
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1474436730 (electronic book) |
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1474436714 |
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9781474436717 |
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9781474436748 |
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1474436749 |
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1474436714 |
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9781474436717 |
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9781474464901 (electronic book) |
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1474464904 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9781474436717 |
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