Copts in Context: Negotiating Identity, Tradition, and Modernity

A comprehensive examination of this deeply traditional Christian religion as it confronts modernity

Though the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt is among the oldest Christian communities in the world, it remained relatively unknown outside of Egypt for most of its existence. In the wake of the Arab Spring, however, this community was caught up in regional violence, and its predicament became a cause for concern around the world. Copts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611177847
• ISBN13: 9781611177848
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"