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Coptic Americans (Coptic: ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲕⲏ niremenkāmi enamerika) are American citizens of Coptic descent or persons of Coptic descent residing in the United States. As of 2018, there were some 500,000 Copts living in the United States.
With the fresh need to look beyond language or ethnicity as the binding agents of Coptic identity, advocates for Americanized churches often emphasize a connection to historical Coptic...
Jul 8, 2008 · SAN FRANCISCO – Growing up as an Egyptian-American and Coptic Christian in America presented a cultural challenge on many levels to Andrew Ishak, who has documented his struggles in a new film.
- Washington, 20011, District of Columbia
Copts are the descendants of pre-Islamic Egyptians, when Egyptian Muslims later ceased to call themselves by the demonym, the term became the distinctive name of the Christian minority. Most ethnic Copts are Coptic Oriental Orthodox Christians.
- 3,000
- c. 10,000
- 1,000 (2014)
- 25,000 – 30,000 (2006)
Sep 20, 2012 · The Coptic Orthodox Church is home to the vast majority of the 300,000 Coptic Christians in America.
Coptic martyrdom in Egypt is utilized by American Christian conservatives in imagining themselves as victims in a global Christian persecution, and places American Copts into a relation with them; a kinship forged through spilt blood.
Nov 10, 2023 · In this post, Candace Lukasik explores the role of affect in shaping the diaspora community of Coptic Christians in the United States. She outlines how Coptic Christians are conscripted into the religious and racial dynamics of the US landscape, especially via the affect of pain.
