In Ethiopian Christianity Philip Esler presents a rich and
comprehensive history of Christianity's flourishing. But Esler is
ever careful to situate this growth in the context of Ethiopia's
politics and culture. In so doing, he highlights the remarkable
uniqueness of Christianity in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Christianity
begins with ancient accounts of Christianity's introduction to
Ethiopia by St. Frumentius and King Ezana in the early 300s CE.
Esler traces how the church and the monarchy closely coexisted, a
reality that persisted until the death of Haile Selassie in 1974.
This relationship allowed the emperor to consider himself the
protector of Orthodox Christianity. The emperor's position,
combined with Ethiopia's geographical isolation, fostered a
distinct form of Christianity-one that features the inextricable
intertwining of the ordinary with the sacred and rejects the
two-nature Christology established at the Council of Chalcedon. In
addition to his historical narrative, Esler also explores the
cultural traditions of Ethiopian Orthodoxy by detailing its
intellectual and literary practices, theology, and creativity in
art, architecture, and music. He provides profiles of the
flourishing Protestant denominations and Roman Catholicism. He also
considers current challenges that Ethiopian Christianity
faces-especially Orthodoxy's relations with other religions within
the country, in particular Islam and the Protestant and Roman
Catholic churches. Esler concludes with thoughtful reflections on
the long-standing presence of Christianity in Ethiopia and hopeful
considerations for its future in the country's rapidly changing
politics, ultimately revealing a singular form of faith found
nowhere else.
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