Syrian Christians and Arab-Islamic Identity
Expressions of Belonging in the Ottoman Empire and America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9355388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deanna Ferree Womack (0009-0003-6823-7581, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 29-49 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in World Christianity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-9901 • E-ISSN: 1750-0230 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/swc.2019.0240 |
| OpenAlex | W2919923047 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
This essay examines the ways that Arab Christian immigrants in the late-nineteenth-century United States understood religious, cultural and national belonging. Focusing on migrants from Ottoman Syria (present day Lebanon and Syria) who referred to themselves as Syrians, it uses publications from the Arab renaissance in Beirut and early Arab American newspapers in New York to consider how these Christians grappled with their identities as subjects of the Ottoman Sultan, as Christians from various denominations, as citizens in an Islamic society and as newcomers to America. Defying Protestant missionaries’ simplistic depictions of Middle Eastern Christianity, such Syrian Christian authors expressed a sense of belonging in an interreligious environment and sought to inform American readers about the riches of Arab-Islamic heritage
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Identity (music · Immigration · Islam · Middle East · National identity · Ottoman empire · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · The Renaissance · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies
Becoming American
Studies in Modern Arabic Prose and Poetry
Modern Arabic poetry, 1800-1970
The Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East
Freemasonry in the Ottoman Empire
Between Arab and White
Culture of Sectarianism
American interests in Syria, 1800-1901
Inscribing the Arab Self
Towards a Critical Theory of al-Nahḍah
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |