The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia: Resistance and Resilience - Rilegato

Eshete, Tibebe

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1602580022 ISBN 13: 9781602580022

Casa editrice: Baylor Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

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.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

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.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

A comprehensive and compelling story of the history of twentieth century evangelical movements in Ethiopia.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Baylor Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1602580022
• ISBN 13: 9781602580022
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 480