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Orthodox Christianity in the United States: A challenge for the study of American religion
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 5-6, May-June 2023., 2023 Abstract Arguably one of the oldest forms of Christianity, with a global population of more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is a major religious system, with networks of believers on almost every continent. However, within the study of American religion, as well as most of the social sciences and humanities (not including theology ...
Sarah Riccardi‐Swartz
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The Ecumenical Review, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 249-262, April 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines the phrase “light from light” in the 4th‐century Nicene and Nicene‐Constantinopolitan creeds. The article begins by presenting the earliest use of light as a metaphor for Christ and his agency, as well as examples of similar language outside “orthodox” Christianity. It goes on to examine the meaning and use of “light from
Maria Munkholt Christensen
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 295-310, January 2023., 2023 Abstract This article contributes to the growing scholarship on minority politics in the Middle East by arguing that if minorities are socially or politically constructed then the meaning and implications of minority terminology requires greater historical contextualisation.
Elizabeth Monier
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Heritage practices as development's blind spot: A case study of Coptic tattooing in Libya and Egypt
Development Policy Review, Volume 40, Issue 4, July 2022., 2022 Summary Motivation The relationship between heritage and international development has been understudied despite more recent attempts to highlight the role of culture, and heritage as an element of it, for holistic and sustainable conceptions of development.
Mariz Tadros
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Images as Messengers of Coptic Identity. An Example from Contemporary Egypt
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1996 During the past thirty years the production of two-dimensional images designed to be used in religion has flourished in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt.
Ragnhild Finnestad
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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 African Coptic Church [PDF]
, 2023 Orthodox churches in Africa today may be identified as follows: The Coptic Orthodox Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa.
Assad, Maurice
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Afriques, 2017 The Orthodox Christian Church of Ethiopia was statutorily a Coptic bishopric. From the fourth century until the middle of the twentieth century, its metropolitan bishops were appointed by the Patriarchal See of Alexandria.
Anaïs Wion
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Legal Roots of Christian Anthropology
Antropologìčnì Vimìri Fìlosofsʹkih Doslìdžen', 2021 Purpose of the article is to reconstruct the legal sources of Christian anthropology. Theoretical basis. The methodological basis of the article is the understanding of the fundamental foundations of Christian anthropology in the context of Roman legal ...
A. V. Halapsis
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The political role of the patriarch in the contemporary Middle East: an examination of the Coptic Orthodox and Maronite traditions [PDF]
, 2012 The objective of this study is to analyse the contemporary political role of Christianity in the Middle East. This will be achieved by focusing on the office of the patriarch.
McCallum, Fiona
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