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Faith Across the Ages of Egypt: Pharaohs to the Moving Mountain (Contents)
Chapter 1 – The Dawn of Egyptian Spirituality Chapter 2 – Foreign Influence and Religious Syncretism Chapter 3 – The…
Faith Across the Ages of Egypt: Pharaohs to the Moving MountainFaith Across the Ages of Egypt: Pharaohs to the Moving Mountain
Chapter 1 – The Dawn of Egyptian Spirituality
Part I – The Sacred Origins of Egypt 1.1 The Nile as the Source of Life and Faith The civilisation…
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Chapter 2 – Foreign Influence and Religious Syncretism
Part I – The Sacred Origins of Egypt 2.1 The Persian and Hellenistic Encounters (525–332 BCE) In 525 BCE the…
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Chapter 3 – The Rise of Christianity and the Coptic Identity
Part II – The Christianisation of Egypt 3.1 St Mark the Evangelist and the Birth of the Alexandrian Church According…
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Chapter 4 – Doctrinal Conflict and the Coptic Church
Part II – The Christianisation of Egypt 4.1 The Council of Chalcedon (451 CE) and the Schism The fifth century…
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Chapter 5 – The Arab Conquest of Egypt (641 CE)
Part III – The Coming of Islam and the Reconfiguration of Society 5.1 The Historical Setting By the early seventh…
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Chapter 6 – Gradual Islamisation and Cultural Integration
Part III – The Coming of Islam and the Reconfiguration of Society 6.1 From Conquest to Cultural Transformation The Arab…
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Chapter 7 – Taxation, Law, and Tolerance in Medieval Egypt
Part III – The Coming of Islam and the Reconfiguration of Society 7.1 Fiscal Foundations: Zakat, Jizya, and Kharāj The…
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Chapter 8 – Egypt under the Fatimids
Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 8.1 The Rise of the Fatimid Caliphate The…
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Chapter 9 – The Story of Saint Simon the Tanner
Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 9.1 Historical and Religious Context The reign of…
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Chapter 10 – The Miracle Re-examined
Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 10.1 Primary Sources and Transmission The earliest and…
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Chapter 11 – Muslim and State Perspectives
Part IV – The Fatimid Era and the Miracle of Mokattam Mountain 11.1 Fatimid Pragmatism and Religious Neutrality The Fatimid…
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Chapter 12 – From Miracle to Memory
Part V – Modern Egypt and Religious Continuity 12.1 The Enduring Presence of Mokattam Over a millennium after the supposed…
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Chapter 13 – The Enduring Coptic and Islamic Identities
Part V – Modern Egypt and Religious Continuity 13.1 Egypt as a Land of Two Faiths Modern Egypt remains one…
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Chapter 14 – The Legacy of Faith: Lessons from Mokattam
Part V – Modern Egypt and Religious Continuity 14.1 The Journey of Faith through Time From the pharaohs to the…
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