CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Notes on Transliteration xii
6. List of Abbreviations xiii
7. Glossary of Arabic Terms xiv
8. Introduction 1
9. 1 Evangelical Awakening: Becoming Protestant in the Arab Renaissance 24
10. 2 “Publishing” the Gospel, Reading the Nahda: Protestant Print Culture in Late Ottoman Syria 85
11. 3 A Feminist Awakening? Evangelical Women and the Arab Renaissance 143
12. 4 Ministers and Nahdawi Masculinity: The Beirut Church Controversy 213
13. 5 Syrian Women with a Mission: Preaching the Bible and Building the Protestant Church 274
14. Conclusion 328
15. Appendix A Syrian Protestant Genealogies 339
16. Appendix B American Missionary Families and Dates of Service, 1823–1915 346
17. Appendix C Founding Members of the Evangelical Independent Church of Beirut, March 18, 1894 354
18. Appendix D Biblewomen Employed by the British Syrian Mission, 1860–1914 356
19. Appendix E Statistical Comparison: Biblewomen of the British and American Missions 358
20. Appendix F Publications of Syrian Women at the American Mission Press, Beirut 362
21. Bibliography 364
22. Index of Names 394
23. Index of Subjects 399