Class cleavages and ethnic conflict: Coptic Christian communities in modern Egyptian politics

Whereas the political claims of Egyptian Islamists have attracted much attention in Western media and scholarly circles, only rarely have such circles acknowledged the role played by ethno‐religious consciousness among Coptic Christians in Egyptian political life. This article analyzes the developme...

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主要作者: Sedra, Paul (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Routledge 1999
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 1999, 卷: 10, 发布: 2, Pages: 219-236
Further subjects:B 国家
B 宗教身份
B Ägypten
B 宗教冲突
B 少数族裔问题
B 宗教团体
B 人口群组
B Kopten
B Ägypten Religiöse Bevölkerungsgruppe Kopten Verhältnis Religionsgemeinschaft - Staat 宗教冲突 Ethnischer Konflikt
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总结:Whereas the political claims of Egyptian Islamists have attracted much attention in Western media and scholarly circles, only rarely have such circles acknowledged the role played by ethno‐religious consciousness among Coptic Christians in Egyptian political life. This article analyzes the development of this consciousness through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as the socio‐economic roots of ‘Coptist’ political action. Accorded particular attention is the emergence of an explicitly sectarian political discourse among groups of middle‐class Copts in the 1970s, and the related spread of ethnic consciousness through the Coptic community at large since that time.
ISSN:0959-6410
Contains:In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596419908721181