Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia
Subtitle: Islam, Christianity, and politics entwined
By: Haggai Erlich
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Religion and politics -- Saudi Arabia; Religion and politics -- Ethiopia
Other titles: Saudi Arbia & Ethiopia
Description: "What is the significance of Islam's growing strength in Ethiopia? And what is the impetus for the Saudi financing of hundreds of new mosques and schools in the country, the establishment of welfare organizations, and the spread of the Arabic language? Haggai Erlich explores the interplay of religion and international politics as it has shaped the development of modern Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. Tracing Saudi-Ethiopian relations from the 1930s to the present, Erlich highlights the nexus of concrete politics and the conceptual messages of religion."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index
Table of contents: title: Politics and religious legacies : an interplay; title: The Christian state and the Islamic state; title: Camels for Mussolini; title: The Wahhabiyya and Ethiopia, 1936-1948; title: The Saudis and the end of the Christian kingdom; title: Wahhabism and communism : mutual demonization, 1974-1991; title: Wahhabism and Ethiopian identity; title: Local dilemmas, global perspectives