Maronites and Missionaries: a critical appraisal of the affair of As’ad al-Shidyâq (1825-1829)

David Kerr

Maronites and Missionaries: a critical appraisal of the affair of As’ad al-Shidyâq (1825-1829)

David Kerr

Centre for Theology and Religious Studies

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Abstract

A critical comparison of two mid 19th century versions of the story of As’ad al-Shidyâq, a young Maronite who became the first Protestant sympathiser in Lebanon; the first version written by an American missionary (Isaac Bird), the second by a Lebanese intellectual (Butrus al-Bustani) who became a Protestant. The comparison reveals differences between expatriate and indigenous perceptions of Protestantism in 19th century Lebanon.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	A Faithful Presence: essays for Kenneth Cragg
Editors	David Thomas
Publisher	Melisende
Pages	219-236
ISBN (Print)	1-901764-25-7
Publication status	Published - 2003

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Keywords

American Board of Commissioners Foreign Missions (ABCFM)
Ottoman Empire
Butrus al-Bustani
Maronites
As’ad al-Shidyâq
Mount Lebanon

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Maronites and Missionaries: a critical appraisal of the affair of As’ad al-Shidyâq (1825-1829)

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