Coptic Church History III - Post Arab Invasion (CH2309A)

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Pedagogy

Articles and lecture notes, video lectures and online discussion forums.

Indicative Bibliography

• Armanios, Febe. Coptic Christianity in Ottoman Egypt. Oxford University Press, 2011
• Atiya, Aziz Suryal, ed. Coptic Encyclopedia, New York: Macmillan, 1991. 8 Volumes.
• Bat, Ye’or. The Dhimmi: Jews and Christians under Islam. Rev. ed. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1985.
• Bat, Ye’or. The Decline in Eastern Christianity under Islam: from Jihad to Dhimmitude: Seventh to Twentieth Century. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996
• Fattal, Antoine. Le Statut Legal des Non-Musulmans en Pays d’Islam, Beyrouth: Imprimerie Catholique, 1958.
• Gabra, Gawdat. Historical Dictionary of the Coptic Church. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2008. (recommended for purchase)
• Khater, Antoine, and Oswald Burmester. History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church. Cairo: Imprimerie de l'Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale, 1970.
• Mikhail, Maged. S.A. From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity and Politics after the Arab Conquest. I.B. Tauris, 2014
• Swanson, Mark. N. The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt (641-1517). The American University of Cairo Press, 2007
• Tritton, Arthur Stanley. The Caliphs and their non-Muslim subjects: A Critical Study of the Covenant of ‘Umar. London: Oxford University Press, 1930.
• Werthmuller, Kurt. J. Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt, 1218-1250. The American University in Cairo Press, 2010
• Gabra, Gawdat. Coptic Civilization. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2011

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