TY - MANSCPT AU - Ephraim Isaac TI - The Ethiopian Orthodox Tw̃ahd̐o Church SN - 9781569023693 (pbk.) : AV - BX146.3 .I83 2012 U1 - ETH 281.75 Eph 2012 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Trenton PB - Red Sea Press KW - Ya Ityo|py a ortodoks taw a|hedo bťa kerestiy an KW - Ethiopia KW - Church history N1 - 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 ER -