This paper aims to analyze the contemporary debate on “secularism” and the process of secularization of political and social institutions, to investigate the limits and effectiveness of theoretical models of “laicity” and “secularism”, and to compare different critical interpretations provided by various groups within the Coptic community: the Church, intellectuals, and youth movements.

Church, Intellectuals and Youth Movements: Contemporary Understandings of Secularism and Tradition within the Egyptian Coptic Community / Melcangi, A. - (2016), pp. 102-129.

Church, Intellectuals and Youth Movements: Contemporary Understandings of Secularism and Tradition within the Egyptian Coptic Community

Melcangi A
2016

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This paper aims to analyze the contemporary debate on “secularism” and the process of secularization of political and social institutions, to investigate the limits and effectiveness of theoretical models of “laicity” and “secularism”, and to compare different critical interpretations provided by various groups within the Coptic community: the Church, intellectuals, and youth movements.
2016
North African Societies after the Arab Spring: Between Democracy and Islamic Awakening
978-1-4438-9015-4
Egypt; Tradition and secularism; Copts; Contemporary History of Egypt
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Church, Intellectuals and Youth Movements: Contemporary Understandings of Secularism and Tradition within the Egyptian Coptic Community / Melcangi, A. - (2016), pp. 102-129.
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