The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641–1517
The Popes of Egypt, Volume 2
- 248 pages
- English
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The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt, 641–1517
The Popes of Egypt, Volume 2
About this book
An authoritative account of the Coptic Papacy in Egypt from the coming of Islam to the onset of the Ottoman era, by a leading religious studies scholar, new in paperback
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 second volume 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, the present volume aims to show how portrayals of the medieval popes provide a window into the religious and social life of their community.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Editors’ Introduction
- Author’s Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- One Continuity and Reinvention
- Two Patient Sufferers
- Three Crisis of Cohesion
- Four Saints and Sinners
- Five Transitions
- Six Chaos and Glory
- Seven Marginalized Patriarchs
- Eight A Burst of Holiness
- Nine Humility in Action
- Epilogue: Survival
- Appendix: The Forty-Nine Martyrs during the Patriarchate of Matthew I (#87, 1378–1408)
- Works Cited: Primary Sources
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover