Emergence of the Modern Coptic Papacy

Magdi Guirguis is a professor at Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt, and scientific collaborator at the Institut français d'archéologie orientale (IFAO). He is the author of: An Armenian Artist in Ottoman Egypt: Yuhanna al-Armani and His Coptic Icons (AUC Press, 2008). Nelly van Doorn-Harder is professor of religious studies at Wake Forest University, North Carolina. She is the author of Contemporary Coptic Nuns (1995), editor of Copts in Context: Negotiating Tradition, Transition and Modernity (2017), and co-editor of Between Desert and City: The Coptic Orthodox Church Today (1997, 2012), and Copts in Modernity (2021).

• Acknowledgments Editors’ Preface Technical Notes Part One The Coptic Papacy under Ottoman Rule (1517–1798)Magdi GuirguisIntroduction 1. Exercising Authority: Patriarchs and Public Policy (Pope John XIII to Pope Matthew III, 1484–1646)2. Contesting Authority: Patriarchs and Coptic Notables (Pope Mark VI to Pope Mark VIII, 1646–1798)Part Two The Modern Coptic Papacy (1798–2011)Nelly van Doorn-HarderIntroduction 3. Preparing for Reformation (Pope Mark VIII, 1797–1809; Pope Peter VII, 1809–52)4. Educating Egypt (Pope Cyril (Kyrillos) IV, 1854–61; Pope Demetrius II, 1862–70)5. Redefining Authority (Pope Cyril (Kyrillos) V, 1874–1927)6. Leading in the Midst of Political Change (Pope John XIX, 1928–42; Pope Macarius III, 1944–45; Pope Yusab II, 1946–56)7. Reviving Tradition, Reviving the Church (Pope Cyril (Kyrillos) VI, 1959–71)8. Negotiating Political Landscapes (Pope Shenouda III, 1971–)9. Reforming the Church for the Twenty-first Century (Pope Shenouda III, 1971–)Works Cited: Primary Sources Works Cited: Secondary SourcesNotes Index

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