The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia: Resistance and Resilience Contributor(s): Eshete, Tibebe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1481307088 ISBN-13: 9781481307086 Publisher: Baylor University Press OUR PRICE: $54.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Church - History - History | Africa - East |
Dewey: 276.308 |
Series: Studies in World Christianity |
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6" W x 9" (1.59 lbs) 494 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - East Africa |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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. |