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Christians versus Muslims in modern Egypt : the century-long struggle for Coptic equality
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- Creator
- S.S. Hasan
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- Language
- English
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003
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- xvi, 320 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195138689, 0195138686
- OCLC
- ocm48957891
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-302) and index.
- Introduction. pt. 1. The historical background. Prologue : The "true Egyptians" -- When Egypt was Christian -- The dawn of a new era -- The vanished dream -- pt. 2. The Sunday School movement. Rebels and saints : the middle class and church reform -- Roots and branches : Nāzir Jāyid versus Saad Aziz -- The warring founding fathers : Bishop Shenuda, Bishop Samuel, and Abbot Matthew the Poor -- pt. 3. The church as political spokesman. Dealing with the Muslim State : Pope Shenuda -- pt. 4. The church as socioeconomic entrepreneur. Centralizing the church administration -- Ḥaraka wa Barakah : Arsanios, a model Bishop -- The recruitment of bishops -- pt. 5. The church as cultural agent. Culture and hegemony : "Islam is the solution" -- "The glorious and the sacred" : Bishop Moses and the socialization of the young -- pt. 6. The politics of identity. Coptic cultural nationalism -- The church as battleground -- The church as amphitheater -- pt. 7. Three questions for the twenty-first century. Toward a more democratic church? -- Toward the empowerment of women? -- Conclusion : Toward a new basis for national equality?