Sufism, Mystics, and Saints in Modern Egypt, by Valerie J. Hoffman. (Studies in Comparative Religion) 461 pages, b&w illustrations, glossary, dictionary, bibliography, index. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995. $49.95 (Cloth) ISBN 1-57003-055-3

1996 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-227
Author(s):  
Dina Le Gall
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Comparative Religion ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
University Of South Carolina ◽  
Modern Egypt

PIETERNELLAVAN DOORN-HARDER, Contemporary Coptic Nuns, Studies in Comparative Religion (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1995). Pp. 262.

2000 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-547
Author(s):  
Camilla Gibb
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Comparative Religion ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
University Of South Carolina ◽  
Egyptian Women ◽  
Coptic Church

As van Doorn-Harder rightly states, recent research on women in the Arab world has focused nearly exclusively on Muslim women. In this study of contemporary Coptic nuns, van Doorn-Harder offers us richly detailed observations of the lives of a rarely studied group of Egyptian women. Situating this discussion in the context of Coptic revival in Egypt, van Doorn-Harder gives a sense of the dynamic and evolving functions of the Coptic church, and how these have been reflected in Egyptian convents since the mid-1950s.

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