Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt write by Febe Armanios. This book was released on 2011-01-25. Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book, Febe Armanios explores Coptic religious life in Ottoman Egypt (1517-1798), focusing closely on manuscripts housed in Coptic archives. Ottoman Copts frequently turned to religious discourses, practices, and rituals as they dealt with various transformations in the first centuries of Ottoman rule. These included the establishment of a new political regime, changes within communal leadership structures (favoring lay leaders over clergy), the economic ascent of the archons (lay elites), and developments in the Copts' relationship with other religious communities, particularly with Catholics. Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt highlights how Copts, as a minority living in a dominant Islamic culture, identified and distinguished themselves from other groups by turning to an impressive array of religious traditions, such as the visitation of saints' shrines, the relocation of major festivals to remote destinations, the development of new pilgrimage practices, as well as the writing of sermons that articulated a Coptic religious ethos in reaction to Catholic missionary discourses. Within this discussion of religious life, the Copts' relationship to local political rulers, military elites, the Muslim religious establishment, and to other non-Muslim communities are also elucidated. In all, the book aims to document the Coptic experience within the Ottoman Egyptian context while focusing on new documentary sources and on an historical era that has been long neglected.
Coptic Christians in Ottoman Egypt
Coptic Christians in Ottoman Egypt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Coptic Christians in Ottoman Egypt write by Febe Yousry Armanios. This book was released on 2003. Coptic Christians in Ottoman Egypt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abstract: This dissertation explores the beliefs and worldviews among the Coptic Christian community living in Egypt under Ottoman rule (1516-1798 CE), predominantly through the use of Coptic Church documents. Research in this topic has ultimately isolated three groups of Arabic Christian manuscripts which are closely considered here. These sources, written by Copts themselves, show Copts to be major actors rather than groups "marginalized" by the Islamic society at large. The first sources are chronicles that record communal events, noting momentous occasions such as pilgrimages or "miracles" performed by Coptic patriarchs. An example of this material is found in a discussion of the Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem during the Ottoman period, a ritual that reflects insight into the construction of spiritual meaning among Ottoman-era Copts. Two other categories of sources characterize the massive literary output which was a hallmark of this era. These are hagiographies and sermons, which were read out loud to sizable audiences and which document the performative dialogue between the church hierarchy and its congregation. A hagiography, that of Saint Salib, is considered here as a text of "communal remembrance" from the late Mamluk and early Ottoman periods, a time of political transition in Egyptian society. Another, that of the Coptic female martyr Saint Dimyana, illustrates ascetic values reflected in her legend that were popular among Coptic believers. The sermons which are examined in this dissertation were written to instruct the community in appropriate moral codes and behavior during the late eighteenth century. They reveal the Coptic clerical hierarchy's concerns with the encroachment of "non-Coptic" morals into the community and provide clues to widespread practices among the community in this era. Ultimately, this dissertation speaks to the need to recognize and document the Coptic contribution to Egyptian society and religious life, and it addresses Coptic popular religious practices in relation to other communities; the gendered nature of religious participation; and tensions between clergy and laity within the Coptic community.
Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt
Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt write by Fikry Andrawes. This book was released on 2018-12-11. Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For the most part of their shared history, Copts and Muslims in Egypt have experienced bouts of sectarian tension alternating with peaceful coexistence. Copts and Muslims in Egypt tells the story of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the aftermath of the January 2011 revolution. It begins by describing how the Church of Alexandria came into existence, and created a monastic tradition that would influence the whole of Christendom, before exploring the theological controversies that plagued the Eastern Roman world before the advent of Islam. After bouts of persecution by the Roman emperors, the Copts were strongly opposed by the Melkite Church, but, with the Arab invasion of Egypt in the seventh century, they achieved a measure of independence and individuality that they retained over the centuries. The Copts were also subjected to periods of persecution--by rulers from the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid dynasties, and under the Mamluks--but by and large, a relatively satisfactory form of cohabitation was established. The authors argue that, even if they were occasionally attacked and persecuted, the Copts generally shared the fortunes of their Muslim neighbors, and that religious difference in Egypt was frequently exploited by rulers, both internal and external, for political gain. Copts and Muslims in Egypt provides an engaging and highly readable account of communal relations through key points in Egyptian history.
History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt
History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt write by Robert Morgan. This book was released on 2016-09-21. History of the Coptic Orthodox People and the Church of Egypt available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book tells the story of the Copts of Egypt throughout the ages, the descendants of the great Pharaohs of Egypt"--Back cover
Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs
Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs write by Jill Kamil. This book was released on 2002-09-05. Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An engaging survey of Coptic Christianity in Egypt since Pharaonic times, through its development under Rome, Byzantium, Islam and beyond. Ideal reading for students of Egyptian history and Christianity.
