Copts in Modernity

Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of Coptic Studies, Melbourne, 13-16 July 2018

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Copts in Modernity presents a collection of essays, many containing unpublished archival material, showcasing historical and contemporary aspects pertaining to the Coptic Orthodox Church. The volume covers three main themes: History; Education, Leadership and Service; and Identity and Material Culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 884g
• ISBN-13: 9789004446571
• ISBN-10: 9004446575
• Artikelnr.: 60409989

Autorenporträt

Lisa Agaiby, Ph.D., Macquarie University and Göttingen University, lectures in History and Coptic Studies at St. Athanasius College, University of Divinity Melbourne. Her latest publication is The Arabic Life of Antony Attributed to Serapion of Thmuis: Cultural Memory Reinterpreted (Brill, 2018). Mark N. Swanson, Harold S. Vogelaar Professor of Christian-Muslim Studies at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. His publications on Egyptian church history and Copto-Arabic literature include The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641-1517 (AUC Press, 2010). Nelly van Dooren-Harder teaches Religion at Wake Forest University, NC. She has authored several publications on the contemporary Coptic Church, her latest includes the edited volume Copts in Context: Negotiating Identity, Tradition, and Modernity (University of South Carolina Press, 2017).