Doorn-Harder, Pieternella van,  1956-, <br/><br/>
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. 
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<br/><br/>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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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94018770 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Monasticism and religious orders for women--Coptic Church--History--20th century.<br/>Monasticism and religious orders for women--History--Egypt--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX137.D691.C668 1995