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Coptic Papacy and Power in a Changing Post-Mubarak Egypt

Smith, Julianna Kaye
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366214073

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2013, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
On November 4, 2012 the Coptic Orthodox Church elected a new pope, Tawadros II, to replace Pope Shenouda III who passed away in April of the same year. Shenouda III had led the church for over forty years and had firmly established his role and himself in the authority structure of the church and in an Egyptian society that had become accustomed to authoritarian state rule. Immediately prior to Shenouda III’s passing and selection of the new pope, however, Egypt experienced its greatest political and societal change since the Nasser revolution of the 1950s as the events of the “Arab Spring” unfolded. It was against this backdrop that the Coptic Church selected its new pope. This thesis explores the ways in which the power-sharing relationship between the Coptic Church as represented by its new pope, the state and the Coptic laity will change in this time of transition.
Youssef Yacoubi (Advisor)
Morgan Liu (Committee Member)
Parvaneh Pourshariati (Committee Member)
126 p.
Middle Eastern Studies; Near Eastern Studies
Coptic pope; Egypt; Arab Spring; Shenouda; Tawadros; post-Mubarak; Coptic Church

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  • Smith, J. K. (2013). Coptic Papacy and Power in a Changing Post-Mubarak Egypt [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366214073

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Smith, Julianna. Coptic Papacy and Power in a Changing Post-Mubarak Egypt. 2013. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366214073.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Smith, Julianna. "Coptic Papacy and Power in a Changing Post-Mubarak Egypt." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366214073

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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