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Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt

Angie Heo

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Description:In this book, Angie Heo examines the political lives of saints to explore religion’s role in the making of national unity and sectarian conflict in Egypt since the 1952 coup. Building on three years of fieldwork, she argues that the public imaginary of saints has served as a key site for mediating social relations between Christians and Muslims. The Political Lives of Saints further delves into the material aesthetics of Orthodox Christianity to grasp how saints broker ties of sacrifice across faiths, reconfigure sacred territory in times of war, and present threats to public order and national security. Above all, it draws attention to the ways in which an authoritarian politics of religion shores up Christian-Muslim unity in the aftermath of war, revolution, and coup. In doing so, this book directly counters recurrent and prevalent invocations of Christianity's impending extinction in the Arab Muslim world, illuminating the limits and potentials of minority communities throughout the modern Middle East. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt. To get started finding Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In this book, Angie Heo examines the political lives of saints to explore religion’s role in the making of national unity and sectarian conflict in Egypt since the 1952 coup. Building on three years of fieldwork, she argues that the public imaginary of saints has served as a key site for mediating social relations between Christians and Muslims. The Political Lives of Saints further delves into the material aesthetics of Orthodox Christianity to grasp how saints broker ties of sacrifice across faiths, reconfigure sacred territory in times of war, and present threats to public order and national security. Above all, it draws attention to the ways in which an authoritarian politics of religion shores up Christian-Muslim unity in the aftermath of war, revolution, and coup. In doing so, this book directly counters recurrent and prevalent invocations of Christianity's impending extinction in the Arab Muslim world, illuminating the limits and potentials of minority communities throughout the modern Middle East. We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt. To get started finding Political Lives of Saints: Christian-Muslim Mediation in Egypt, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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