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.



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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Monasticism and religious orders for women--Coptic Church--History--20th century.
Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Egypt--20th century.

BX137.D691.C668 1995