The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt (641–1517)

A History of the Coptic Church and Its Patriarchs Volume 2 (Popes of Egypt)

Bibliographic Data

ID19983800
AuthorsMark N Swanson (corresponding author)
Year2010
Pages192
Publication date2010-09-15
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt: The Popes of Egypt (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherAmerican University in Cairo Press (PUBLISHER • EG)
DOI10.5743/cairo/9789774160936.001.0001
OpenAlexW647394170
Open LibraryOL13164317M
ISBN9789774160936
GOOGLE_BOOK_ID6l-Eun-EzkkC
LanguageEN
Citations received5

In Volume 1 of this series, Stephen Davis contended that the themes of “apostolicity, martyrdom, monastic patronage, and theological resistance” were determinative for the cultural construction of Egyptian church leadership in late antiquity. This book, Volume 2, shows that the medieval Coptic popes (641–1517 ce) were regularly portrayed as standing in continuity with their saintly predecessors; however, at the same time, they were active in creating something new, the Coptic Orthodox Church, a community that struggled to preserve a distinctive life and witness within the new Islamic world order. Building on recent advances in the study of sources for Coptic church history, this volume aims to show how portrayals of the medieval popes provide a window into the religious and social life of their community

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Determinative · Ethnology · Islam · Order (exchange) · Political science · Religious life · Resistance (ecology) · Social life · Witness · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Christian Church - History · Christian Church - Leadership · Christianity · Church history · Coptic Christian saints · Coptic Church · Coptic fathers of the church · Coptic monasticism and religious orders · Early church · Egypt · Popes · Religion

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