Tantur Ecumenical Institute LibraryContemporary Coptic nuns /
Doorn-Harder, Pieternella van, 1956-
Contemporary Coptic nuns / Pieternella van Doorn-Harder. - Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c1995. - xiii, 253 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Studies in comparative religion . - Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-243) and index.
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.
1570030340
94018770
Monasticism and religious orders for women--Coptic Church--History--20th century.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Egypt--20th century.
Egypt--Church history--20th century.
BX137.3 / .D66 1995
271.98 / D721c
Contemporary Coptic nuns / Pieternella van Doorn-Harder. - Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c1995. - xiii, 253 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Studies in comparative religion . - Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-243) and index.
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.
1570030340
94018770
Monasticism and religious orders for women--Coptic Church--History--20th century.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Egypt--20th century.
Egypt--Church history--20th century.
BX137.3 / .D66 1995
271.98 / D721c