Description
In this sweeping history, Tibebe Eshete presents a new view of Ethiopian Christianity. Synthesizing existing scholarship with original interviews and archival research, he demonstrates that the vernacular nature of the Ethiopian church played a critical role in the development of a state church. He also traces the effects of the political on the religious: the growth of other "counter-cultural" movements in 1960s Ethiopia, such as renewal movements, youth discontentment, and the Marxist regime (under which the church still flourished). This strikingly authentic work refutes the thesis that evangelicalism was imported. Instead, Eshete shows, it was a genuine indigenous response to cultural pressures.
Author: Tibebe Eshete
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 12/01/2017
Pages: 494
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.11d
ISBN13: 9781481307086
ISBN10: 1481307088
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Religion | Christian Church | History
- History | Africa | East
About the Author
Tibebe Eshete is Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies at Michigan State University. He is the author of Jijiga: The History of a Strategic Town in the Horn of Africa and My Journey: The Deranged Life and Divine Grace.