To Promote the Cause of Christ's Kingdom
International Student Associations and the "Revival" of Middle Eastern Christianity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3494736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deanna Ferree Womack (0009-0003-6823-7581, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 150-163 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009640719000556 |
| OpenAlex | W2946658568 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
This article traces the presence in the Arab world of international Christian student organizations like the World Student Christian Federation (WSCF) and its intercollegiate branches of the YMCA and YWCA associated with the Protestant missionary movement in nineteenth-century Beirut. There, an American-affiliated branch of the YMCA emerged at Syrian Protestant College in the 1890s, and the Christian women's student movement formed in the early twentieth century after a visit from WSCF secretaries John Mott and Ruth Rouse. As such, student movements took on lives of their own, and they developed in directions that Western missionary leaders never anticipated. By attending to the ways in which the WSCF and YMCA/YWCA drew Arabs into the global ecumenical movement, this study examines the shifting aims of Christian student associations in twentieth-century Syria and Lebanon, from missionary-supported notions of evangelical revival to ecumenical renewal and interreligious movements for national reform
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |