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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics |
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics.
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Front Cover; Sectarian Conflict in Egypt; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Copts, Copticness and the Egyptian media; 1 The contemporary Coptic community: Between the state and the Church; Meanings of 'Copt' and 'Copticness'; Contemporary challenges; 2 The Egyptian press in national political life; The early Egyptian press; The press after the 1952 revolution: a shrinking of the public space; The press and politics: controlling the flow of information; Copts on the national front page; Conclusion |
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3 Coptic online spaces: The impact of the Internet on CopticpoliticsCrossing more red lines: the Internet effect; Virtual Copticness: constructing Coptic networksonline; The function of online Coptic media: minority orparticularistic?; Connecting the national and the virtual; Conclusion; PART II Copts and national representation in the Mubarak-Shenouda era; 4 The Coptic Orthodox Church as a media andpolitical actor; The emergence of the Church as a social and political actor; The Church as a national institution: relations with the state; Church management of a Coptic communicative space |
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The Church, Internet and the diaspora: a challenge to Church authority or broadening its support base?Conclusion; 5 Discoursing national belonging: National unity versus sectarianism; History, collective memory and constructing national unity; Discourses of displacement and forgetting; Implications of the minority label for belonging and national Egyptian identity; Shifting the boundary of 'us' and 'them'; Al-Mowatana: rebranding national unity; Conclusion; PART III Challenging regimes of representation; 6 Resisting Church leadership through media: Dissent and legitimacy 2005-10 |
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Dissenting discourses and sustaining Church legitimacyStrategies for presenting and undermining resistance discourses; Discourses of resistance online; The diaspora: space for resistance?; Conclusion; 7 Revolution and political crisis: Shifting discourses and relations of power; Re-contesting normalized discourses of Coptic Church authority; Cracks in the Church-state pact; The Church and the revolution; A Church-SCAF pact?; The Church and Coptic protests; Conclusion; 8 Copts, sectarianism and citizenship in post-25 January Egypt; State media, sectarianism and Coptic protests |
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Constructing citizenship and the civil state: prospects and challengesProspects for citizenship and Coptic inclusion beyond the transition; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In light of the Egyptian uprising in early 2011, understanding the dynamics that are shaping Egyptian politics and society is more crucial than ever as Egypt seeks to re-define itself after the Mubarak era. One of the most controversial debates concerns the place of religion in Egypt's political future. This book examines the escalation in religious violence in Egypt since 2005 and the public discourses behind it, revealing some of the complex negotiations that lie behind contestations of citizenship, Muslim-Christian relations and national unity. Focusing on Egypt's largest religiou |
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Print version record |
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Coptic Church -- History -- 21st century
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Coptic Church fast |
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Christianity and politics -- Egypt
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Church and state -- Egypt
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Religion and state -- Egypt
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Christianity and politics
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Church and state
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Religion
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Religion and state
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Egypt -- Church history -- 21st century
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Egypt -- Religion.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041328
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Egypt
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Church history
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136313653 |
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1136313656 |
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