The miraculous and Coptic Orthodox Christianity in Egypt: power relations in operation

This article, based on data gathered during long-term ethnographic fieldwork, presents an ethnographic account of the miraculous discourse among Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt with an analysis of the communicative aspect of miraculous narratives, specifically from the perspective of power relat...

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Main Author: Šebelová, Markéta (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Společnost [2019]
In: Religio
Year: 2019, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: [221]-246
Further subjects:B miraculous narratives
B Power relations
B Coptic identity
B Egypt
B the Coptic Orthodox Church
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