Abstract
This article focuses on questions of religiosity in the works of the Aleppine Christian scholar Fransis al-Marrash (1836–74), one of the leading figures of the Arab nahda (cultural revival). It presents the characteristics of al-Marrash’s concepts of true and false religion, and how these concepts relate to his theory of civilization. The article concludes that al-Marrash’s preoccupation with these concepts resulted in the formulation of contested modes of religiosity and a particular perception of reformed religion.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 776-789 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | European Legacy |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 7-8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 16 Nov 2020 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Arab Enlightenment
- Fransis al-Marrash
- civilization
- enlightened religion
- nahda
- tamaddun