Abstract
The essay traces the story of contemporary Ethiopia from the last Christian empire of Haile Selassie, founded on the confessional model, to its overthrow and the drastic transition to a secular state formula. It was the attempt to re-establish the state on new political-religious balances, in which the Christian confessional configuration was supplanted by a secular regime, which guaranteed equal treatment to the religious components of the country. The events connected with the 1974 revolution, with the beginning of the twenty-year military dictatorship of the Derg until its fall in 1991, have left alive a Church of ancient origins, which has represented an essential element of continuity in the various historical seasons, marked instead from significant moments of discontinuity.
Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Contemporary Ethiopia from the Christian Empire to the secular regime |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 693-718 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Studi Storici |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Cristiano
- Etiopia
- Impero
- Laicità