Christian-Muslim Relations in Egypt

Politics, Society and Interfaith Encounters

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Orthodox Churches, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: Henrik Lindberg Hansen ISBN: 9780857738400
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: June 4, 2015
Imprint: I.B. Tauris Language: English
Author: Henrik Lindberg Hansen
ISBN: 9780857738400
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: June 4, 2015
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Language: English

he subject of Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East – and indeed in the West – attracts much academic and media attention. Nowhere is this more the case than in Egypt, which has the largest Christian community in the Middle East, estimated at 6-10 per cent of the national population. Henrik Lindberg Hansen analyses this relationship, offering an examination of the nature and role of religious dialogue in Egyptian society. Taking three main religious organizations and institutions in Egypt (namely the Azhar University, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Coptic Orthodox Church), Hansen argues that religious dialogue involves a close examination of societal relations, and how these are understood and approached. Including analysis of the occasions of violence against Christian communities in 2011 and the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood from power in 2013, Hansen provides a wide-ranging exploration of the importance of religion in Egyptian society and everyday encounters with a religious 'other'. This makes his book vital for researchers of both religious minorities in the Middle East and interfaith dialogue in a wider context.

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he subject of Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East – and indeed in the West – attracts much academic and media attention. Nowhere is this more the case than in Egypt, which has the largest Christian community in the Middle East, estimated at 6-10 per cent of the national population. Henrik Lindberg Hansen analyses this relationship, offering an examination of the nature and role of religious dialogue in Egyptian society. Taking three main religious organizations and institutions in Egypt (namely the Azhar University, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Coptic Orthodox Church), Hansen argues that religious dialogue involves a close examination of societal relations, and how these are understood and approached. Including analysis of the occasions of violence against Christian communities in 2011 and the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood from power in 2013, Hansen provides a wide-ranging exploration of the importance of religion in Egyptian society and everyday encounters with a religious 'other'. This makes his book vital for researchers of both religious minorities in the Middle East and interfaith dialogue in a wider context.

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