Contemporary Coptic nuns / Pieternella van Doorn-Harder.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)Publication details: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c1995.Description: xiii, 253 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 1570030340
- 271.98 20 D721c
- BX137.3 .D66 1995
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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.
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