TY - BOOK
T1 - Copts in Context: Negotiating Tradition, Transition and Modernity.
A2 - van Doorn-Harder, P.A.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - This volume opens Coptic identity and tradition to a broad range of perspectives: historical, political, sociological, anthropological, and ethno-musicological. The essays by both Coptic and non-Coptic scholars offer insights into present-day issues facing the community and their connections to relevant themes from the past, demonstrating that reexamination of the past helps strengthen modern-day Coptic life and culture.
AB - This volume opens Coptic identity and tradition to a broad range of perspectives: historical, political, sociological, anthropological, and ethno-musicological. The essays by both Coptic and non-Coptic scholars offer insights into present-day issues facing the community and their connections to relevant themes from the past, demonstrating that reexamination of the past helps strengthen modern-day Coptic life and culture.
KW - Copts, Coptic Orthodox Church, identity, tradition, Middle Eastern Christianity, Egypt, Christianity, Muslim-Christian dialogue.
M3 - Book (Editorship)
SN - 978-1-61117-784-8
T3 - Studies in Comparative Religion
BT - Copts in Context: Negotiating Tradition, Transition and Modernity.
PB - The University of South Carolina Press
CY - Columbia, SC, USA
ER -