Muslim Ethiopia

The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism

• Author(s): Terje Østebø,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 267
• ISBN_10: 1137322098
  ISBN_13: 9781137322098
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / General , Social Science / Sociology of Religion , History / Africa / General , Religion / History , Religion / Islam / General , Religion / Comparative Religion , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General , Religion / General ,

Description:... Drawing on international and multidisciplinary expertise, this pioneering edited collection analyzing Islam in contemporary Ethiopia challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the century-old, never colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Orthodox Christianity.