CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Ibrahim, Mina Adel |
|---|---|
| Title | Marguirguis of Everyone: A Secularized Coptic Orthodox Philanthropy |
| Summary | During the 19th century, the relation between the Egyptian ruling system and the Coptic Christian community has witnessed a remarkable shift, which has given new meanings to the Coptic mode of giving. For centuries, the former was predominantly dependent on the Coptic clerical order to fulfill the needs of its poor congregants. Because of this alliance, which is known as the millet-system, the Coptic Patriarchate was able to form a central ecclesial government of care. In my thesis, I argue that amid modernization processes, the Egyptian state tended to decentralize this government and to secularize the millet-system. It allied with Coptic laymen to move the practice of Coptic charity to spaces that do not belong to the benevolent services offered by the Church hierarchy. As a result of this move, the practice of Coptic philanthropy has become conducted through small fragmented religious networks. Instead of being attached to the Coptic Patriarchate, the lives of the recipients and the donors of Coptic charity have turned out to be entangled with state secular laws and to be idioms of wider national discourses. |
| Supervisor | Naumescu, Vlad - Li, Ju |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/ibrahim_mina.pdf |
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