Understanding religion and social change in Ethiopia
Subtitle: towards a hermeneutic of covenant
By: Mohammed Girma
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9781137269416
Subjects: RELIGION / General; Religion; Religion and politics; RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State; RELIGION / Comparative Religion; Influence; Social change
Description: "Social and political history of Ethiopia has proven, time and again, that abrupt change did not suit the cultural nature of its society. The reason is that Ethiopia is an ancient society anchored in religiously laden value system. As a result, the ready-made changes tailored by the political entrepreneurs with no participation of the grassroots did not suit social memory of the mass. Instead of sudden rapture, this calls for the continuity of some elements of traditional values. This study therefore aims to use the metaphor of covenant thinking as a hermeneutical tool that can be used as medium to negotiate change and transition without fear of risking cultural identity"--