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The Coptic Church in South Africa: The meeting of mission and migration

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
Previously identified as an entrenched Egyptian community, Copts have propelled themselves into the greater Africa through two main phenomena: migration and mission.
David A. Ogren
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The Coptic Orthodox Church in the Netherlands: Shedding light on overlooked European Coptic diasporas [PDF]

, 2022
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria expanded its territorial and ecclesial boundaries over the last six decades. Waves of Coptic migration from Egypt (and to a lesser extent from Sudan and Libya) to North America, Australia and Europe led to the establishment of numerous Coptic churches and thus contributed to the creation of a transnational ...
Tamcke Martin, Milicic, M.
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The Lived Experiences of Married Immigrant Coptic Women in the Context of Their Coptic Orthodox Church

, 2015
The focus of this dissertation is centered on the lived experiences of married immigrant Coptic women in Canada with regards to aspects of living their faith in the context of the culture of their traditional Coptic Orthodox Church. A descriptive phenomenological inquiry was undertaken as a methodological framework to gain understanding of the lived ...
Elmenshawy, Hany Zaher Saieed
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Leadership and Intellectual Humility in the Coptic Orthodox Church

Utambuzi: Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa and its Diaspora
This essay explores the concept of intellectual humility in the context of religious and communal leadership within the Coptic Orthodox Church, the indigenous Church of Egypt. The focus is on the strategies employed by Athanasius, the Bishop of Beni Suef and Bahnasa (1962- 2000) during a period of inner Coptic strife caused by the existence of the so ...
van Doorn-Harder, Nelly
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Saints' mobility and confinement: deconstructing Byzantine stories of (fe)male ascetics and monastics. [PDF]

Early Mediev Eur, 2023
This article investigates stories of holiness which have ascetics or monastics as their hero(in)es and which develop based on a careful interlocking of two concepts: wanderings in urban or desert environments and self‐confinement in enclosed or secluded spaces.
Papavarnavas C.
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Matthew the Poor: Towards Modern Birth Control Methods in the Coptic Orthodox Church

Family Forum, 2020
The paper is focused on the Matta el-Meskeen (Matthew the Poor) and his reflection of selected bioethical issue: birth control. The paper deals with the forming stages of the bioethical discussions within the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt. The research is based on Matthew the Poor´s articles and books.
Franc, Jaroslav
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Religion and Attitudes Toward Xenotransplantation: Results of a Nationwide Survey in the United States. [PDF]

Xenotransplantation
ABSTRACT Religious viewpoints have been shown to influence the ways in which many persons approach medical decision‐making and have been noted as a potential barrier to xenotransplantation acceptance. This study sought to explore how attitudes toward xenotransplantation differ among various religious beliefs.
Hurst DJ, Padilla LA, Zink A, Parent B, Kimberly LL.   +4 more
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Leadership and Intellectual Humility in the Coptic Orthodox Church. Bishop Athanasius of Beni Suef (1962-2000) and the Papal Committee [PDF]

Journal for the Study of Religion in Africa and its Diaspora, 2017
This essay explores the concept of intellectual humility in the context of religious and communal leadership within the Coptic Orthodox Church, the indigenous Church of Egypt. The focus is on the strategies employed by Athanasius, the Bishop of Beni Suef and Bahnasa (1962- 2000) during a period of inner Coptic strife caused by the existence of the so ...
van Doorn-Harder, P.A.
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Unsound and Informally Fallacious Preterist Arguments for Mark 13:24‐27

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 6, Page 796-811, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Abstract: The following article evaluates two common arguments for preterist interpretations of Mark 13:24‐27, collectively dubbed the ‘time‐text’ argument. These two arguments support symbolic and/or historicised interpretations. Our thesis is that the first argument is unsound and the second commits the informal fallacy of false dilemma ...
Elton L. Hollon
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1952 Mısır Devrimi’nden Arap Baharı’na Kadar Geçen Süreçte Kıptîler/Copts in the Period from the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 to the Arab Spring

Oksident, 2020
The Egyptian Orthodox Coptic Church initially supported the July Revolution of 1952, based on Arab nationalism. However, the lack of representation of Coptics within the Revolutionary Council in the postrevolutionary period has slowly moved the Copts ...
Ekrem Sert, Ahmet Güç
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