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A lineage in land: the transmission of Palestinian Christianity

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 670-691, September 2023., 2023
Abstract This article examines a Christian tradition defined by descent, but a descent that extends beyond family lineages to include relatedness with saints and sacred land. This tradition emerges from the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, one of the oldest churches in the world, composed of a Palestinian laity and a Greek monastic hierarchy ...
Clayton Goodgame
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Mobilizing religious differences and terrorism, negotiating civil rights in Egypt

Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 84-101, Spring 2023., 2023
Abstract The Egyptian state's publication of its first National Human Rights Strategy 2021–2026 (NHRS) (2021) on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks came at the crossroads of Western pressure to improve human rights and the state's use of counterterrorism to silence voices.
Nevine Abraham
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The development of the interior architecture of Coptic Church in the twentieth century

Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2020
The research deals with the development of Coptic architecture in the twentieth century and some of the most important features of this development followed by the Coptic church architecture, although in a simple way did not reach the full maturity in ...
George Isaac, Mahmoud El Mallah, Marwa Mahfouz   +2 more
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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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Clothes of the specialists in Christian religion in Egypt in some communities

Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2018
Liturgical Vestements for Christian specialist is considered a fertile source , deserve flashing on it ,  for fashion designing field , to take advantage of it  because it is considered a part of History of fashion .
Yasser Sohel, EmanAl Mehy, Ereeny Maksuel   +2 more
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“Light from Light”

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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The importance of public engagement in clinical xenotransplantation [PDF]

Health Care Sci
Xenotransplantation (cross‐species transplant) of pig‐to‐human organs is moving ahead toward clinical trials in the United States. However, little is known about how the public and, specifically, certain patient populations feel about this novel therapy.
Hurst D, Cooper D.
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Minorities or citizens in the Middle East? Locating the ‘minority question’ in the intersecting histories of collective national belonging and state‐building

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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Why Did the Origenist Controversy Begin? Re‐thinking the Standard Narratives

Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 318-337, April 2022., 2022
Abstract The Origenist controversy at the end of the fourth century was largely played out within a monastic context, and had, moreover, an immediate and extensive impact on the movement. In spite of this, studies of the controversy and its causes have mainly focused on the dogmatic issues foregrounded in the controversy, neglecting the more ...
Samuel Rubenson
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