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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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Autore principale: Doorn-Harder, Pieternella van 1956- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Pubblicazione: Columbia, S.C. University of South Carolina Press 1995
In:Anno: 1995
Periodico/Rivista:Studies in comparative religion
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Chiesa copta / Suora <motivo>
Altre parole chiave:B Egypt Church history 20th century
B Monasticism and religious orders for women Egypt History 20th century
B Monasticism and religious orders for women Coptic Church History 20th century
B Egypt Church history 20th century
B Monasticism and religious orders for women Coptic Church History 20th century
B Monasticism and religious orders for women (Egypt) History 20th century
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Riepilogo: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
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-243) and index
Descrizione fisica:XIII, 253 S, Ill., maps, 24 cm
ISBN:1570030340