The Orphan Scandal : Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood /

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On a sweltering June morning in 1933 a fifteen-year-old Muslim orphan girl refused to rise in a show of respect for her elders at her Christian missionary school in Port Said. Her intransigence led to a beating-and to the end of most foreign missions in Egypt-and contributed to the rise of Islamist...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baron, Beth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Christianity and other religions > Islam > History > 20th century > Egypt > History.
Christianity and other religions > Islam > History > 20th century.
Islam > Relations > Christianity > History > 20th century.
Missions to Muslims > History > 20th century > Egypt.
Missions to Muslims > Egypt > History > 20th century.
Missions > History > 20th century > Egypt.
Missions > Egypt > History > 20th century.
Orphans > Services for > History > 20th century > Egypt.
Orphans > Services for > Egypt > History > 20th century.
Public welfare > History > 20th century > Egypt.
Public welfare > Egypt > History > 20th century.
Fowler Orphanage.
Islamic reform and Islamism.
Lillian Trasher.
Muslim Brotherhood.
Pentecostals.
Swedish Salaam Mission.
Turkiyya Hasan.
missionaries.
orphans.
social services.
HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt).
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Cast of Characters
  • Prologue: The Turkiyya Hasan Affair
  • 1. Forgotten Children: Caring for the Orphaned and Abandoned
  • 2. Winning Souls for Christ: American Presbyterians in Cairo
  • 3. Speaking in Tongues: Pentecostal Revival in Asyut
  • 4. Nothing Less Than a Miracle: The Swedish Salaam Mission of Port Said
  • 5. Fight Them with Their Own Weapons: The Origins of the Muslim Brotherhood
  • 6. Combating Conversion: The Expansion of the Anti-Missionary Movement
  • 7. Crackdown: Suppressing the League for the Defense of Islam
  • 8. The Battle for Egypt's Orphans: Toward a Muslim Welfare State
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index

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