Christianity in Egypt : A History of the Coptic Orthodox And Evangelical Presbyterian Churches /

Christianity in Egypt : A History of the Coptic Orthodox And Evangelical Presbyterian Churches /

Drawing on primary sources as well as imminent scholars in the field, Parker has written a history of Christianity in Egypt that is scholarly and accessible. It challenges the common assumption that Egyptian Christianity is backward and irrelevant. Rather, as Parker writes in the preface, "the...

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Main Author: Parker, Michael (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Theology and Mission in World Christianity ; 44.

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Theology and World Christianity.

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1
  • Pre-Christian Egypt and Christianity in the Nation's Greco-Roman Period
  • Introduction to Part 1
  • 1 Pre-Christian Egypt
  • 1 An Overview of Ancient Egyptian History from the Predynastic to the Roman Period
  • 2 Religion in Egypt
  • 3 Egypt in the Bible
  • 2 Christianity Emerges and Takes Shape in Egypt, 50-300
  • 1 Was There a Christian Church in First- and Second-Century Egypt?
  • 2 Emerging Evidence of Christianity in Second-Century Egypt
  • 3 The Catechetical School of Alexandria
  • 4 Episcopal Leadership
  • 5 The Rise of Monasticism (the Second through Fourth Centuries)
  • 6 The Egyptian Founders of Monasticism
  • 3 The Struggle of Athanasius, 301-381
  • 1 The Great Persecution
  • 2 The Melitian Schism
  • 3 The Trinitarian Controversy of the Fourth Century
  • 4 The Conflict between Cyril and Nestorius, 382-451
  • 1 Prelude to the Controversy
  • 2 The Nestorian Controversy
  • 5 Byzantine Oppression and the Arab Conquest, 451-641
  • 1 The Immediate Aftermath of Chalcedon
  • 2 Ethiopia and Sudan
  • Part 2
  • Egyptian Christianity under Islam
  • Introduction to Part 2
  • 6 The Coptic Church under Early Islamic Rule, 641-1260
  • 1 The First Centuries after the Arab Conquest, 641-750
  • 2 Abbasid "Islamic Empire" Period, 750-970
  • 3 The Church in the Fatimid Caliphate, 969-1171
  • 4 Ayyubid Dynasty, 1171-1260
  • 5 The Coptic Church in the Thirteenth Century
  • 7 The Coptic Church under the Mamluks and Ottomans, 1260-1854
  • 1 Under the Mamluk Empire, 1260-1517
  • 2 Under the Ottoman Empire, 1517-1798
  • 3 French Invasion and Occupation, 1798-1801
  • 4 The Era of Muhammad ʿAli, 1805-1848
  • 8 The Revival of the Coptic Church, 1854-1958
  • 1 Church Revival
  • 9 The American Mission in Egypt, 1854-1950
  • 1 General Background to Mission in the 19th Century
  • 2 The Mission Launched
  • 3 Decline of the American Mission
  • 10 The Coptic Church in the Modern World, 1959-2020
  • 1 The Church and Modernity
  • 11 The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt in the Modern World, 1950-2020
  • 1 The Evangelical Church Becomes Independent
  • 2 The Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Egypt Today
  • 3 CEOSS, the Protestant Council, and the Kasr al-Debarra
  • 4 A Final Word
  • Appendix 1: The Nicene Creed (Original Version), 325
  • Appendix 2: The Nicene Creed (Nicene-Constantinopolitan Version), 381
  • Appendix 3: The Chalcedonian Definition, 451
  • Bibliography
  • Index.