Christians in Egypt: Strategies and Survival - Hardcover

Rugh, Andrea B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137568682 ISBN 13: 9781137568687

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Synopsis

Christians in the Middle East have come under increasing pressure in recent years with the rise of radical Islam. In Egypt, the large Coptic Christian community has traditionally played an important political and historical role. This book examines Egyptian Christians' responses to sectarian pressures in both national and local contexts.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrea B. Rugh is Adjunct Scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, USA. She lived in the Middle East for more than 25 years, including six years in Egypt. She has published books on family in Egypt, childrearing in Syria, and political leadership in the UAE.

Review:

"Christians in Egypt is unique and essential reading for anyone desiring a deep, multidisciplinary understanding of today's Egypt. Rugh illuminates vital aspects of modern Egyptian society with rare empathy and insight, drawing on a lifetime of intimate engagement with Egyptians. Yet she brings a foreigner's global perspective and objectivity, unsparingly analyzing the complex trends, implications, and choices facing Egyptians and those others who share a stake in Egypt's future stability and prosperity." - Francis J. Ricciardone, US Ambassador (ret.) to Egypt, 2005-2008

"This carefully constructed study is at once an anthropological account of a social service center catering to Christians, and a historical study of the Christian presence in Egypt from the perspective of some of its poorest and socially weakest members. Rugh eloquently outlines the strategies people follow to protect themselves and achieve their goals in a largely Muslim context. Anyone interested in social process in Cairo will profit from this intimate account." - Nicholas Hopkins, American University in Cairo, Egypt

"Andrea Rugh is a particularly gifted scholar and author with...living and research experience in Egypt and the Arab world. Christians in Egypt is a major and unique piece of original scholarship providing an in-depth case study of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, underscoring the many issues faced by Christians living as minorities in Muslim-majority Egypt, Syria, and Iraq." John L. Esposito, Georgetown University, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1137568682
• ISBN 13: 9781137568687
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256