Contemporary Coptic nuns

The Copts in Egyptian society -- The monastic landscape -- The ruling mothers and fathers -- Leaving the world : the novitiate -- Dead to the world : the initiation rites -- Work and income -- The spiritual life -- The saints -- Visitors : the convent and the world -- Conclusion

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1. Verfasser: Doorn-Harder, Pieternella van (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Columbia, S.C. University of South Carolina Press 1995
Schriftenreihe:Studies in comparative religion
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Zusammenfassung:The Copts in Egyptian society -- The monastic landscape -- The ruling mothers and fathers -- Leaving the world : the novitiate -- Dead to the world : the initiation rites -- Work and income -- The spiritual life -- The saints -- Visitors : the convent and the world -- Conclusion
The Copts in Egyptian society -- The monastic landscape -- The ruling mothers and fathers -- Leaving the world : the novitiate -- Dead to the world : the initiation rites -- Work and income -- The spiritual life -- The saints -- Visitors : the convent and the world -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-243) and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 253 S
Ill., maps
24 cm
ISBN:1570030340
1-57003-034-0