ABSTRACT

The Copts - the indigenous Christians of Egypt - declared their independence from Byzantine Christianity when they appointed their own patriarchs in the sixth century. Jill Kamil has written an angaging and accessible survey of the history of Christianity on Egypt, through its development under Rome, Byzantium and Islam, to modern times.Drawing on

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|25 pages

Desert Fathers ancient and modern

chapter 3|23 pages

Faith and oppression under Roman rule

chapter 4|24 pages

Knowledge versus faith

chapter 5|28 pages

Martyrs and Pachomian monasticism

chapter 8|24 pages

Coptic Christianity develops its own style

chapter 9|32 pages

Change and continuity under Islam

chapter 10|18 pages

Restoration and revival