Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt : the Century-Long Struggle for Coptic Equality.

By:

Hasan, S. S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (337 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780195350104
0195350103

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

281.720962 281/.72/0962

LOC classification:

BX133.2.H3

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Contents:

Contents; Glossary; Introduction; PART I: THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; PART II: THE SUNDAY SCHOOL MOVEMENT; PART III: THE CHURCH AS POLITICAL SPOKESMAN; PART IV: THE CHURCH AS SOCIOECONOMIC ENTREPRENEUR; PART V: THE CHURCH AS CULTURAL AGENT; PART VI: THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY; PART VII: THREE QUESTIONS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; Conclusion: Toward a New Basis for National Equality?; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

Summary: The Copts of Egypt are the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. In recent years they have often figured in the news as victims of bloody attacks by Islamic militants. Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt is the first study of Christian identity politics in contemporary Egypt. S.S. Hasan begins by looking at how the Coptic generation of the 1940s and 1950s remembered, recovered, and imagined the ancient history of Christianity in Egypt in order to weld the Copts into a unified nation, resistant to the growing encroachments of Islam. She argues that this interpretation of history.

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The Copts of Egypt are the largest Christian minority in the Middle East. In recent years they have often figured in the news as victims of bloody attacks by Islamic militants. Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt is the first study of Christian identity politics in contemporary Egypt. S.S. Hasan begins by looking at how the Coptic generation of the 1940s and 1950s remembered, recovered, and imagined the ancient history of Christianity in Egypt in order to weld the Copts into a unified nation, resistant to the growing encroachments of Islam. She argues that this interpretation of history.