Ephraim Isaac.

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tw̃ahd̐o Church / by Ephraim Isaac. - Trenton : Red Sea Press, c2012. - xxi, 327 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-311) and index.

Origins of Ethiopian civilization -- Brief history of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tw̃ahd̐o Church -- The Judaic character of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church -- Teachings of the Ethiopian Church -- The bible in Ethiopia -- The role of fasting in the Ethiopian Church -- The Ethiopian liturgy and calendar -- The church and education -- Ethiopian church music -- The church and its institutions -- The church and writing -- Church and state -- Church and society -- The Ethiopian Church and other religions -- Ethiopianism - significance for Africans and Afro-Americans.

9781569023693 (pbk.) : $52.00 9781569023686 (hardcover - 13)

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Ya Ityo|py a ortodoks taw a|hedo bťa kerestiy an.


Ethiopia--Church history.

BX146.3 / .I83 2012

ETH 281.75 Eph 2012