Abyssinian Christianity
Subtitle: the first Christian nation? the history and the identity of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Christians
By: Abba Abraham Buruk Woldegaber and Mario Alexis Portella
Contributors: Portella, Mario Alexis
Publisher: BP Editing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pismo Beach, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780615652979
Subjects: Christianity; Church history; Civilization
Description: This book describes the ancient religious culture of the Ethiopian and Eritrean people. Ethiopia is the only nation on the African continent to have never come under the direct rule of western colonialism, at least not until the Italian Fascist aggression of 1935. Throughout their historical development, the indigenous people of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea were able to refer to a common heritage based on the Christian faith, which enabled them to come together in order to preserve the dignity of their nation. Their Christian observance at times incorporated the practice of Jewish rituals and disciplines, thereby making it a most unique form of Christianity. This book explores this unique and multi-faceted culture that still entices many today.
Notes: Printed in Italy; first printing, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographies at the end of each major section.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1 Abyssinia from antiquity to the turn of the Middle Ages; title: pt. 2 Abyssinia from the turn of the Middle Ages up to present day Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Role of the Catholic missionaries; title: pt. 3 Abyssinian Christian and national identity in its historical context.