Maria-Magdalena Pruss
Biographic Data
| ID | 6495944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria-Magdalena Pruss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria-Magdalena |
| FAMILY NAME | Pruss |
| SIGNATURE | PRÜß M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The ‘Church of Islam’
This article analyses the construction of religious origin myths for Islam within ‘universal religion’ and esoteric frameworks in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South Asia and beyond, and sheds light on the role of ‘Western’ and Anglo-Indian converts in this process. At its core is a case study of the elusive Hamid Snow, founder of the so-called ‘Church of Islam’ in 1891 in Sikanderabad, Deccan. On the following pages, I reconstruct…
Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria by Deanna Ferree Womack
To scholars of the Nahda, that is, the Arab cultural renaissance which unfolded in Egypt and Ottoman Syria over the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the journalist, teacher, and writer Buṭrus al-Bustānī is well familiar. However, few might be aware that al-Bustānī was also a committed Protestant Christian involved in building local church structures. Probably even fewer know that his daughter, Alice al-Bustānī, and oth…
Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity
The ‘Church of Islam’
This article analyses the construction of religious origin myths for Islam within ‘universal religion’ and esoteric frameworks in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South Asia and beyond, and sheds light on the role of ‘Western’ and Anglo-Indian converts in this process. At its core is a case study of the elusive Hamid Snow, founder of the so-called ‘Church of Islam’ in 1891 in Sikanderabad, Deccan. On the following pages, I reconstruct…
Protestants, Gender and the Arab Renaissance in Late Ottoman Syria by Deanna Ferree Womack
To scholars of the Nahda, that is, the Arab cultural renaissance which unfolded in Egypt and Ottoman Syria over the course of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the journalist, teacher, and writer Buṭrus al-Bustānī is well familiar. However, few might be aware that al-Bustānī was also a committed Protestant Christian involved in building local church structures. Probably even fewer know that his daughter, Alice al-Bustānī, and oth…
Locale, Everyday Islam and Modernity
The ‘Church of Islam’
This article analyses the construction of religious origin myths for Islam within ‘universal religion’ and esoteric frameworks in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century South Asia and beyond, and sheds light on the role of ‘Western’ and Anglo-Indian converts in this process. At its core is a case study of the elusive Hamid Snow, founder of the so-called ‘Church of Islam’ in 1891 in Sikanderabad, Deccan. On the following pages, I reconstruct…
History (3 works) · Islamic Studies and History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · History (2 works)