Muslim Ethiopia The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism
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.
Keywords
Social ScienceEthnic StudiesMiddle Eastern StudiesSociology of ReligionHistoryAfricaReligionIslamComparative ReligionAnthropologyCultural & SocialSociology
2013Book
Author(s)Terje Østebø, P. Desplat
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137325297
LanguageEnglish
