The Copts of Egypt challenges of modernisation and identity /

"The Copts of Egypt, who make up 10-15 percent of the population, have traditionally been viewed as a 'beleaguered and persecuted minority.' Using newly discovered Coptic archival sources, Vivian Ibrahim presents a fresh and vivid alternative reading of the community during the twenti...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Vivian
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2011.
Series:Library of modern Middle East studies ; 99.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Inter-communal relations : the Copts and the state (1805-1946). Religion and state-building in the Khedival period (1798-1882) ; The making of new national identities (1882-1919) ; Constitutional politics and political Islam (1922-1946)
  • Intra-communal relations : the Coptic community from within (1882-1954). Benevolence and philanthropy (1882-1945) ; Factionalism and corruption (1882-1945) ; A Coptic revolution : Harakat Al-Tathir (1952-1954).