Muslim Ethiopia - The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic Reformism (Hardcover)

Muslim Ethiopia: The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics and Islamic Reformism is a pioneering collection of studies on Islam in contemporary Ethiopia. This volume challenges the popular notion of a 'Christian Ethiopia' imagined as the centuries-old, never-colonized Abyssinia, isolated in the highlands and dominated by Orthodox Christianity. In addition to marginalizing Muslim cultures and societies within Ethiopia, this notion has also excluded Muslims from public discourse and led to the neglect of Islam in Ethiopian studies. This is strikingly at odds with the country's cultural and historical reality, as Muslims constitute a significant part of the population and have contributed significantly to its development. Muslim Ethiopia develops this overlooked nexus of Ethiopian and Islamic Studies, while broadening our understandings of Muslims in Africa as a whole.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2013
First published:	2013
Editors:	P. Desplat
Authors:	Terje Ostebo
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	267
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-32529-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Comparative religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies Books > History > African history > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Islam Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Comparative religion
LSN:	1-137-32529-1
Barcode:	9781137325297

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