Christians in Egypt: Strategies and Survival

by Andrea B. Rugh

Christians in the Middle East have come under increasing pressure in recent years with the rise of radical Islam. Nowhere is this truer than in Egypt, where the large Coptic Christian community has traditionally played an important role in the country's history and politics. This book examines Christian responses to sectarian pressures in two contexts: nationally as Church leaders deal with Egyptian presidents and locally as a community of poor Christians...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137568682
• ISBN13: 9781137568687
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"