The Copts of Egypt: The Challenges of Modernisation and Identity

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Author: Vivian Ibrahim

Publisher/Publication: I. B. Tauris

DOI/ISBN: 9781780764665

The author's aim is to showcase the developments within the Coptic community in Egypt until the decade of the 1950s. The author first analyzes the relationship between the Copts and the state in the background of the changes in Egyptian society and politics during the twentieth century in contrast to the rise of political Islam. Second, the author examines the various aspects and divisions in the Coptic community with regards to the role of the Coptic Church and the rise of independent political actors during the early 1950s.