Claremont Graduate University School of Religion
History of Christianity Program
and the Council for Coptic Studies
cordially invite you to a public lecture on
Beyond Dhimmitude: Finding
Coptic Identity, Past and Present
Dr. Kurt Werthmuller
Azusa Pacific University
Tuesday November 30, 2010
7:00 pm Social and Refreshments
7:30 Lecture
Albrecht Auditorium, Stauffer Hall
925 N. Dartmouth Avenue,
Claremont, CA 91711
The lecture will focus on the complexities of Christian identity in Egypt during the Middle Ages, challenging the concept of “dhimmitude” (the definition and limitation of non-Muslim identity by Islamic jurisprudence and ideology) with the political and social realities that informed internal Coptic initiative on the one hand, and realpolitik of the Muslim authorities on the other. It will also address the importance – and the sensitivities – of these issues in the contemporary Egyptian and regional contexts.
Kurt Werthmuller, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of history at Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California and a historian of the Middle East, specializing in medieval Islam as well as a variety of interests in the modern Middle East. Werthmuller has lived and traveled extensively in the Middle East, including a few years in Egypt. He is the author of...
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christ, claremont, coptic, identity, jesus, orthodox
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