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Title

Re-inventing Islam

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  • Monograph
  • Text

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Subject

  • Christianity and other religions--Islam--History (LCSH)
  • Islam--Relations--Christianity--History (LCSH)
  • Christianity and other religions--United States--History (LCSH)
  • Protestant churches--Missions--History (LCSH)
  • Islamophobia--United States--History (LCSH)
  • Islam--United States--Public opinion--History (LCSH)
  • United States--Religious life and customs (LCSH)

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Summary

"From the end of the American Civil War to the start of World War II, the Protestant missionary movement unintentionally tilled the soil in which American Islamophobia would eventually take root. Re-inventing Islam explores the deep roots of this recent phenomenon, using gender as a lens and focusing specifically on the historical role of Protestant leaders and missionaries in transmitting ideas about Islam. Looking beyond typical studies of texts that male clergy and theologians wrote, this book identifies gendered discourses, images, and performances as key in Protestant portrayals of Islam. To understand the unique ways in which nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and British missionaries shaped the ideas they inherited from the Reformation, Re-inventing Islam begins in the sixteenth century, long before any systematic Protestant attempt to evangelize Muslim societies. The four central chapters then turn to the modern missionary movement"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Womack, Deanna Ferree. Re-inventing Islam

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:33:29.166227+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23960754

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  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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