Devotion to the administrative state religion and social order in Egypt
Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice. Over the past decade alone, religious communities around the world have demanded state recognition, exemption, accommodation, or protection. They make these appeals both in st...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton ; Oxford
Princeton University Press
2024, ©2024
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Note on Translation, Transliteration, and Names
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: Ephemera
- Hosna's Tattoo
- Rauf's Strategy
- Maher's Testimony
- Fadi's Wish
- Part II: Inscriptions
- 1. Sealed in the Skin and on Paper: Locating the Self
- 2. Sealed in Administrative Court: The Order of Revelation
- Part III: Covenants
- 3. Divine Administration: Shoghi Effendi and the Bahá'í World Order
- 4. Obedience to Government Is Obedience to God: Bahá'í Televised Claims to Recognition
- Part IV: Ethics
- 5. A Christian Like Us: Coptic Lawyers at the Vanguard
- 6. The Bahá'í Youth Conference: World Building and Common Calling
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index