Ethiopia and the Missions

Ethiopia and the Missions
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Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Total Pages : 276
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ISBN-10 : 3825877922
ISBN-13 : 9783825877927
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Book Synopsis Ethiopia and the Missions by : Verena Böll

Download or read book Ethiopia and the Missions written by Verena Böll and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the sixteenth century, Ethiopian Orthodox Chris-tianity and the indigenous religions of Ethiopia have been confronted with, and influenced by, numerous Catholic and Protestant missions. This book offers historical, anthropological and personal analyses of these encounters. The discussion ranges from the Jesuit debate on circumcision to Oromo Bible translation, from Pentecostalism in Addis Ababa to conversion processes among the Nuer. Juxtaposing past and present, urban and rural, the book breaks new ground in both religious and African studies. Verena Bll and Evgenia Sokolinskaia are researchers at the department of African and Ethopian Studies at the Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg. Steven Kaplan is professor of African Studies and Comparative Religion at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


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