The political lives of saints : Christian-Muslim mediation in Egypt /
Heo, Angie, 1979-
The political lives of saints : Christian-Muslim mediation in Egypt / Angie Heo. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - California scholarship online . - California scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the Arab uprisings in 2011 to ISIS's rise in 2014, Egypt's Copts have been at the center of anxious rhetoric surrounding the politics of Christian-Muslim coexistence in the Middle East. Despite the unprecedented levels of violence they have suffered in recent years, the current predicament of Copts signals more durable structures of church and state authoritarianism that challenge the ahistorical kernel of persecution politics and Islamophobia. This text examines the political lives of saints to specify the role that religion has played in the making of national unity and sectarian conflict in Egypt since the 1952 coup.
Specialized.
9780520970120 (ebook) : No price
Coptic Church--Egypt.
Copts--Social conditions--Egypt--21st century.
Islam--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Islam.
Coptic Christian saints--Egypt.
Islam and politics--Egypt.
Copts--Politics and government.--Egypt
Christianity--Egypt.
BP172.5.C6
281.720962
The political lives of saints : Christian-Muslim mediation in Egypt / Angie Heo. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - California scholarship online . - California scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From the Arab uprisings in 2011 to ISIS's rise in 2014, Egypt's Copts have been at the center of anxious rhetoric surrounding the politics of Christian-Muslim coexistence in the Middle East. Despite the unprecedented levels of violence they have suffered in recent years, the current predicament of Copts signals more durable structures of church and state authoritarianism that challenge the ahistorical kernel of persecution politics and Islamophobia. This text examines the political lives of saints to specify the role that religion has played in the making of national unity and sectarian conflict in Egypt since the 1952 coup.
Specialized.
9780520970120 (ebook) : No price
Coptic Church--Egypt.
Copts--Social conditions--Egypt--21st century.
Islam--Relations--Christianity.
Christianity and other religions--Islam.
Coptic Christian saints--Egypt.
Islam and politics--Egypt.
Copts--Politics and government.--Egypt
Christianity--Egypt.
BP172.5.C6
281.720962