The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia

Name: The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia
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SKU: 9781481307086
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Resistance and Resilience

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By Tibebe Eshete
Imprint: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: February 14, 2018
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 720 g
Pages: 494

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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.

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.

Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Ethiopian Orthodox Church 1: From the Early Church to Early Modernity 2: The Challenge of Modernity and the Need for Reform Part II: The Evangelical Church in Ethiopia 3: The First Three Centuries of Reformed Missions 4: The War Years and the Restoration (1936-1959) 5: Post-War Mission Impulses 6: Keys to Post-War Growth Part III: The Pentecostal Church 7: The 1960s Rise of Pentecostalism 8: Independence and Persecution Part IV: The Ethiopian Revolution (1974-1990) 9: The Political Seeds of Revolution 10: Early Church-State Relations under Communist Rule 11: Ecumenism and Flexibility 12: Underground ""Free"" Space and Lay Leadership 13: The Commitment Factor and the Role of Resistance in Church Growth 14: Evangelical Christianity and the Legacy of the Revolution Conclusion Informants Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

A very welcome contribution to the understudied subject of the history of Protestant religion in Ethiopia. -- Liza Debevec -- Journal of Religion in Africa

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