Nelly van Doorn-Harder
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9789774161032
- eISBN:
- 9781617971037
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774161032.003.0010
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Pope Shenouda III, 1971–, is the 117th pope of Egypt and has guided the Coptic community into an era far more complex then the church had ever previously faced.
Pope Shenouda III, 1971–, is the 117th pope of Egypt and has guided the Coptic community into an era far more complex then the church had ever previously faced.
Nelly van Doorn-Harder
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9789774161032
- eISBN:
- 9781617971037
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774161032.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Pope Shenouda III's most profound changes have come through his efforts to improve the quality of monastic life, to redraw diocesan boundaries and ordain new bishops, to incorporate laypeople into ...
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Pope Shenouda III's most profound changes have come through his efforts to improve the quality of monastic life, to redraw diocesan boundaries and ordain new bishops, to incorporate laypeople into various levels of the clerical hierarchy, to invite youth and women into the official structure of lay service, and to raise the educational and professional levels of all involved.Less
Pope Shenouda III's most profound changes have come through his efforts to improve the quality of monastic life, to redraw diocesan boundaries and ordain new bishops, to incorporate laypeople into various levels of the clerical hierarchy, to invite youth and women into the official structure of lay service, and to raise the educational and professional levels of all involved.
Mariz Tadros
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9789774165917
- eISBN:
- 9781617975479
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774165917.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
Continuing the discussion of Church–state–citizen relations into the late-2000s, this chapter looks at the power struggles and rising tensions between the Church leadership and the state and the SSI. ...
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Continuing the discussion of Church–state–citizen relations into the late-2000s, this chapter looks at the power struggles and rising tensions between the Church leadership and the state and the SSI. With sectarian attacks increasing, it discusses state security attempts to contain Pope Shenouda III, his dwindling bargaining power, and his return to methods of dissent and protest that employed in the 1970s. It also discusses resistance among Coptic civil actors.Less
Continuing the discussion of Church–state–citizen relations into the late-2000s, this chapter looks at the power struggles and rising tensions between the Church leadership and the state and the SSI. With sectarian attacks increasing, it discusses state security attempts to contain Pope Shenouda III, his dwindling bargaining power, and his return to methods of dissent and protest that employed in the 1970s. It also discusses resistance among Coptic civil actors.
Stephen J. Davis
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520292086
- eISBN:
- 9780520965638
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520292086.003.0015
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
Melania the Elder and Melania the Younger both traveled to Egypt and visited monks there before settling in Jerusalem and founding monasteries there. Despite their longstanding reputation as ...
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Melania the Elder and Melania the Younger both traveled to Egypt and visited monks there before settling in Jerusalem and founding monasteries there. Despite their longstanding reputation as prominent saints in Western churches, the impact of these two ascetic women upon the Egyptian church and its literature has been relatively minimal over the centuries. Neither Melania is included in the official list of saints and saints' days of the Coptic church. And yet, during the past four decades, the Melanias have made notable appearances in Arabic-language homilies and books produced by church leaders as part of a successful effort to revive Coptic monasticism in Egypt. This chapter looks at how these two Roman ascetic women have been reintroduced to the Egyptian faithful as models of monastic piety in the teachings of Pope Shenouda III and in literature produced by Matthew the Poor and other contemporary Coptic monks.Less
Melania the Elder and Melania the Younger both traveled to Egypt and visited monks there before settling in Jerusalem and founding monasteries there. Despite their longstanding reputation as prominent saints in Western churches, the impact of these two ascetic women upon the Egyptian church and its literature has been relatively minimal over the centuries. Neither Melania is included in the official list of saints and saints' days of the Coptic church. And yet, during the past four decades, the Melanias have made notable appearances in Arabic-language homilies and books produced by church leaders as part of a successful effort to revive Coptic monasticism in Egypt. This chapter looks at how these two Roman ascetic women have been reintroduced to the Egyptian faithful as models of monastic piety in the teachings of Pope Shenouda III and in literature produced by Matthew the Poor and other contemporary Coptic monks.
Stephen J. Davis
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774248306
- eISBN:
- 9781617970436
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774248306.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, today represent the largest Christian community in the Middle East, and their presiding bishops have been accorded the title of pope since the ...
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The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, today represent the largest Christian community in the Middle East, and their presiding bishops have been accorded the title of pope since the 3rd century ad. This three-volume study of the popes of Egypt covers the history of the Alexandrian patriarchate from its origins to the present-day leadership of Pope Shenouda III. The first volume analyzes the development of the Egyptian papacy from its origins to the rise of Islam. How did the papal office in Egypt evolve as a social and religious institution during the first six and a half centuries ad? How do the developments in the Alexandrian patriarchate reflect larger developments in the Egyptian church as a whole—in its structures of authority and lines of communication, as well as in its social and religious practices? In addressing such questions, the book examines a wide range of evidence—letters, sermons, theological treatises, and church histories, as well as art, artifacts, and archaeological remains—to discover what the patriarchs did as leaders, how their leadership was represented in public discourses, and how those representations definitively shaped Egyptian Christian identity in late antiquity.Less
The Copts, adherents of the Egyptian Orthodox Church, today represent the largest Christian community in the Middle East, and their presiding bishops have been accorded the title of pope since the 3rd century ad. This three-volume study of the popes of Egypt covers the history of the Alexandrian patriarchate from its origins to the present-day leadership of Pope Shenouda III. The first volume analyzes the development of the Egyptian papacy from its origins to the rise of Islam. How did the papal office in Egypt evolve as a social and religious institution during the first six and a half centuries ad? How do the developments in the Alexandrian patriarchate reflect larger developments in the Egyptian church as a whole—in its structures of authority and lines of communication, as well as in its social and religious practices? In addressing such questions, the book examines a wide range of evidence—letters, sermons, theological treatises, and church histories, as well as art, artifacts, and archaeological remains—to discover what the patriarchs did as leaders, how their leadership was represented in public discourses, and how those representations definitively shaped Egyptian Christian identity in late antiquity.
