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Book SynopsisBased on a connected, relational and multidisciplinary approach (history, ethnography, political science, and theology), Mission and Preaching tackles the notion of mission through the analysis of preaching activities and religious dynamics across Christianity, Islam and Judaism, in the Middle East and North Africa, from the late 19th century until today. The 13 chapters reveal points of contact, exchange, and circulation, considering the MENA region as a central observatory. The volume offers a new chronology of the missionary phenomenon and calls for further cross-cutting approaches to decompartmentalise it, arguing that these approaches constitute useful entry points to shed new light on religious dynamics and social transformations in the MENA region. Contributors Necati Alkan, Federico Alpi, Gabrielle Angey, Armand Aupiais, Katia Boissevain, Naima Bouras, Philippe Bourmaud, Gaetan du Roy, Séverine Gabry-Thienpont, Maria-Chiara Giorda, Bernard Heyberger, Emir Mahieddin, Michael Marten, Norig Neveu, Maria Chiara Rioli, Karène Sanchez Summerer, Heather Sharkey, Ester Sigillò, Sébastien Tank Storper, Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Annalaura Turiano and Vincent Vilmain.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Transliteration List of Figures and Maps Notes on Contributors Introduction Norig Neveu (), Karène Sanchez Summerer (), Annalaura Turiano (), Philippe Bourmaud () and Séverine Gabry-Thienpont () Part 1 Borders, Conversions and Migrations Introduction: Mission and Conversion: A Long-Term Perspective Bernard Heyberger () 1 Proselytism in ‘Jewish Worlds’? Sébastien Tank-Storper () 2 Protestant Missions in Ethiopia: From Jewish Falashas (Beta Israel) to Christian Falashas and Falas Mura, and Back: A Blurred Status (1858–1960) Emanuela Trevisan () 3 From Missionaries to Missionary Labour: Hypotheses on Evangelicalism in Contemporary Istanbul Armand Aupiais () Part 2 Preachers, Negotiations, and Interactions Introduction: What Is Preaching and Who Is It for? Heather Sharkey () 4 Reshaping the Preaching Spaces in Post-Revolutionary Egypt: Ansār al-Sunna al-Muhammadiyya Women Preachers and Religious Reform Naima Bouras () 5 Being a Teacher in the Missionary Schools of the Gülen Movement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Interactions, Trajectories, and Differentiated Investments of the Role Gabrielle Angey () 6 Shifting Missions: Languages, Texts, and Experiences between Jews and Roman Catholics in Israel (1940s–1970s) Maria-Chiara Rioli () 7 Christian and Muslim Home Missions in Egypt in the Twentieth & Twenty-first Centuries: Between Preaching and Social Care Gaétan du Roy () Part 3 Missionary Strategies, between Political Power(s) and Everyday Practices Introduction: Mapping in, Mapping out. Strategies and Dynamic(s) of Preaching and Mission(s) Mariachiara Giorda () 8 The Late Ottoman Sunni Missionary Project Necati Alkan () 9 Early Protestant Missionary Activity, Heresy and Church in Ottoman Armenia (1782–1909) Federico Alpi () 10 A Jewish Mission in the ‘Orients’ (Nineteenth Century–1920)? Vincent Vilmain () 11 Reconceptualising the Political Role of daʿwa in Civil Society: Associations and Islamic Activism in Tunisia Ester Sigilló () Conclusion: Thinking through Missionary Work. Moral Geographies, Regeneration from the Margins, Sincerity, and the Gift Economy Emir Mahieddin () and Katia Boissevain () Epilogue: Decolonising Missions and Preaching: The Implicated Self and the Reframing of the Missionary Phenomenon Michael Marten Index
