Ibrahim, Vivian. <br/><br/>
The Copts of Egypt  challenges of modernisation and identity /  [electronic resource] : 
Vivian Ibrahim. 
 - London ;  New York :  Tauris Academic Studies,  2011. 
 - xii, 258 p. :  ill., ports. 
 - Library of modern Middle East studies ;  99 .
 - Library of modern Middle East studies ;  99. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Inter-communal relations : the Copts and the state (1805-1946). Religion and state-building in the Khedival period (1798-1882) ; The making of new national identities (1882-1919) ; Constitutional politics and political Islam (1922-1946) -- Intra-communal relations : the Coptic community from within (1882-1954). Benevolence and philanthropy (1882-1945) ; Factionalism and corruption (1882-1945) ; A Coptic revolution : Harakat Al-Tathir (1952-1954). 
<br/><br/> "The Copts of Egypt, who make up 10-15 percent of the population, have traditionally been viewed as a 'beleaguered and persecuted minority.' Using newly discovered Coptic archival sources, Vivian Ibrahim presents a fresh and vivid alternative reading of the community during the twentieth centry. Avoiding the established portrayal of a monolithic entity headed by the Coptic Pope, Ibrahim examines the multifaceted dimensions of the Coptic community, assessing Coptic-State relations on one hand and Coptic intra-communal dimensions on the other."--P. [2] of jacket. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Copts--Egypt.<br/>Religious minorities--Egypt.<br/>Minorities--Social conditions.--Egypt
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Egypt--Ethnic relations.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT72.C7  / I27 2011eb