Titlebook: Christians in Egypt; Strategies and Survi Andrea B. Rugh Book 2016 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 Christianity.Copts.

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Dispute Resolution in the Community,eant to relieve the critical needs of desperately poor Christians, (2) religious services urging mutual support among Christians, and (3) defusing and resolving disputes within the community both between Christian families and between Christians and Muslims. Previous chapters looked at the first two

dyspareunia

Social Controls on Marriage,ppen was through Christian women marrying Muslim men by “falling in love” rather than through the orderly process of parentally arranged marriages. This chapter looks first at the different views of cross-sect marriage that caused Christians so much concern about their children’s marriages. It then

Hectic

Formal Boundaries between Christians and Muslims,rs and political power, Christians in Egypt had no choice but to get along with Muslims. But Christians were interested also in preserving the integrity of their community and preventing erosion of their numbers through conversion.

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Spirit Possession in Christian and Muslim Communities, symptoms raised concerns about disruptions in family and community life. With no available “scientific” practitioners to deal with the problem, it was not surprising that religious communities established their own ways of addressing the issue. Noteworthy was the way spirit possession was approache

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Christian Community in a Muslim Quarter of Cairo,e addressed at two levels. The first was through a historical review of Christian experiences up to the end of the Sadat period. This part of the story continues in the next chapter with Christian experiences from the Mubarak period to the present.