Cargando…
Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt : the Century-Long Struggle for Coptic Equality.
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. Has...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2003.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (337 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195350104 0195350103 |