Search for dissertations about: "Staffan Grenstedt"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Staffan Grenstedt.

2. 1. Ambaricho : a remarkable venture in Ethiopian Christian solidarity

   Author : Staffan Grenstedt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Samfund; Kristna; Lutherska;

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4. 2. Ambaricho and Shonkolla. From Local Independent Church to the Evangelical Mainstream in Ethiopia. The Origins of the Mekane Yesus Church in Kambata Hadiya

   Author : Staffan Grenstedt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Ethiopia; Kambata; Hadiya; Indigenous; Revivals; African Factor; Worldly Prac-tices; Drinking; Dissonance; Independent Church; Ethos; Kambata Evangelical Church 2; Ethiopian Evangelical Solidarity; Ecumenical; Comity; Mainstream Churches; Ethiopian Evan-gelical Church Mekane Yesus; Kambata Synod; South Central Synod; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

   Abstract : This thesis is a contribution to the scholarly debate on how African Independent Churches (AICs) relate to outside partners. It is a case study from the perspective of the periphery of Ethiopia, which explains the origins of the Mekane Yesus Church in Kambata Hadiya The diachronic structure of the study with a focus from 1944 to 1975 highlights how a group of Christians reacted to cultural pressure and formed a local independent church, the Kambata Evangelical Church 2 (KEC-2). READ MORE