Incarnation and Divine Participation in Late Antique and Medieval Egypt
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David Brakke, Journal of Early Christian Studies The rich texture of the Christological thought and practice explored here and the innovative combination of diverse source materials and modes of analysis make this book required reading for every scholar interested in the study of early Christian theology and spirituality.
Arietta Papaconstantinou, Journal of Ecclesiastical History a very important book, bringing to the fore a body of texts virtually ignored by most theologians and historians of the Church.
Stephen J. Davis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University.
Introduction: The Roots of Coptic Christology: Incarnation and Divine Participation in Late Antique Alexandrian Greek Theology; I. COPTIC LITERATURE AND LITURGY; 1. Incarnation and Ritual Practice in the Fifth-Century Writings of Shenoute of Atripe; 2. Christology in Coptic Eucharistic Liturgies; II. BODIES, PRACTICES, AND SACRED SPACE; 3. Christology in Coptic Pilgrimage and the Cult of the Saints; 4. Christology and Coptic Art: Images of the Incarnation on Egyptian Bodies and Churches; III. ARABIZATION AND CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM ENCOUNTER; 5. Incarnation and Christian-Muslim Apologetics in the Tenth-Century Writings of Sawirus al-Muqaffa; 6. From Alexandria to Cairo: The Medieval 'Golden Age' of Copto-Arabic Christology; Postcript: The Modern Legacy of Coptic Christology