Contemporary Coptic nuns /
Doorn-Harder, Pieternella van, 1956-,
Contemporary Coptic nuns / [print] Pieternella van Doorn-Harder. - Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, (c)1995. - xiii, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) .
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.C668 1995
Contemporary Coptic nuns / [print] Pieternella van Doorn-Harder. - Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, (c)1995. - xiii, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. - Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.) .
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.C668 1995