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- The Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia: Resistance and Resilience
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Baylor University Press
- Series: Studies in World Christianity
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-xi
- Abbreviations
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- Part I: The Ethiopian Orthodox Church
- Part II: The Evangelical Church in Ethiopia
- 5. Postwar Mission Impulses
- pp. 103-124
- 6. Keys to Postwar Growth
- pp. 125-142
- Part III: The Pentecostal Church
- 7. The 1960s Rise of Pentecostalism
- pp. 145-168
- 8. Independence and Persecution
- pp. 169-190
- Part IV: The Ethiopian Revolution (1974–1990)
- 9.The Political Seeds of Revolution
- pp. 193-208
- 11. Ecumenism and Flexibility
- pp. 231-252
- Conclusion
- pp. 309-316
- Appendix B: List of Informants
- pp. 331-338
- Appendix C: Profiles of Selected Informants
- pp. 339-364
- Bibliography
- pp. 449-470
Additional Information
ISBN
9781602582750
Related ISBN(s)
9781602580022
MARC Record
OCLC
609260453
Pages
525
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No