Culture Change in Ethiopia : An Evangelical Perspective /
Mekonnen, Alemayehu,
Culture Change in Ethiopia : An Evangelical Perspective / [print] Alemayehu Mekonnen - Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock Publisher, [(c)2013. - xviii, 197 : charts ; 23 cm
Establishing the context Culture and cultural change Concept of culture Culture change Worldview theory and worldview change Worldview and religion Change agents Summary Cultural leadership values Supernatural power Heredity Orality Bravery Summary Cultural leadership patterns in Ethiopia The family Modernists Students Military leaders Modern military Ethiopian army under the United Stares' Patronage Mutiny The Ethiopian army under the U.S.S.R.'s patronage Recruitment and training The prelates The emergence of Pentecostal/ Charismatic leadership Summary The impact of Haile Selassie's Modernization program Modern education under U.S. Tutelage Haile Selassie's role Modern education and culture change Transferred education The impact of modern education Church in a changing culture A call for Christian Transformation Summary Change in the area of Christian faith The religious environment Ethiopians and the spirit world The Ethiopian Orthodox church Foreign missions The rise of Ethiopian Pentecostalism The need for religious change Focus among students Worship style The involvement of women Homogeneity in the heterogeneous context Costly faith The pitfalls of the Pentecostal movement Summary The challenge of Marxism in the economic structure economy under Haile Selassie: the role of the U.S. ; Socialist revolt Economic consequences of Eritrea's secession The issue of poverty Summary Current Contextual factors Population characteristics Religious composition Protestant Christian growth The spread of Islam Ethnic composition Changes in the area of Education Education in the mother tongue The impact of the Ethiopian National Literacy Campaign (ENLC) ; Setbacks/Flaws of the ENLC Achievements of the literacy campaign The law of protection of regional languages Political environment After the end of the Mengistu era Ethiopian people revolutionary democratic front A call for contexualization Summary An important question every leader should ask: what is man? The way forward.
This book addresses the causes and the consequences of culture change in Ethiopia, from Haile Selassie to the present, based on thorough academic research. Although the book is written from an evangelical perspective, it invites Ethiopians from all religious, ideological, and ethnic backgrounds to reflect on their past, analyze their present and to engage in unity with diversity to face the future. It also appeals to the conscience of global and regional powers who have been directly and indirectly involved in the affairs of Ethiopia. https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Change-Ethiopia-Evangelical-Perspective-ebook/dp/B075Z3NYKK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589387956&sr=8-1
9781625645166
Missionary Work--Evangelism.
Christian Ministry.
BL2470.C858 BL2470.E8.M516.C858
Culture Change in Ethiopia : An Evangelical Perspective / [print] Alemayehu Mekonnen - Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock Publisher, [(c)2013. - xviii, 197 : charts ; 23 cm
Establishing the context Culture and cultural change Concept of culture Culture change Worldview theory and worldview change Worldview and religion Change agents Summary Cultural leadership values Supernatural power Heredity Orality Bravery Summary Cultural leadership patterns in Ethiopia The family Modernists Students Military leaders Modern military Ethiopian army under the United Stares' Patronage Mutiny The Ethiopian army under the U.S.S.R.'s patronage Recruitment and training The prelates The emergence of Pentecostal/ Charismatic leadership Summary The impact of Haile Selassie's Modernization program Modern education under U.S. Tutelage Haile Selassie's role Modern education and culture change Transferred education The impact of modern education Church in a changing culture A call for Christian Transformation Summary Change in the area of Christian faith The religious environment Ethiopians and the spirit world The Ethiopian Orthodox church Foreign missions The rise of Ethiopian Pentecostalism The need for religious change Focus among students Worship style The involvement of women Homogeneity in the heterogeneous context Costly faith The pitfalls of the Pentecostal movement Summary The challenge of Marxism in the economic structure economy under Haile Selassie: the role of the U.S. ; Socialist revolt Economic consequences of Eritrea's secession The issue of poverty Summary Current Contextual factors Population characteristics Religious composition Protestant Christian growth The spread of Islam Ethnic composition Changes in the area of Education Education in the mother tongue The impact of the Ethiopian National Literacy Campaign (ENLC) ; Setbacks/Flaws of the ENLC Achievements of the literacy campaign The law of protection of regional languages Political environment After the end of the Mengistu era Ethiopian people revolutionary democratic front A call for contexualization Summary An important question every leader should ask: what is man? The way forward.
This book addresses the causes and the consequences of culture change in Ethiopia, from Haile Selassie to the present, based on thorough academic research. Although the book is written from an evangelical perspective, it invites Ethiopians from all religious, ideological, and ethnic backgrounds to reflect on their past, analyze their present and to engage in unity with diversity to face the future. It also appeals to the conscience of global and regional powers who have been directly and indirectly involved in the affairs of Ethiopia. https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Change-Ethiopia-Evangelical-Perspective-ebook/dp/B075Z3NYKK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589387956&sr=8-1
9781625645166
Missionary Work--Evangelism.
Christian Ministry.
BL2470.C858 BL2470.E8.M516.C858