TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fargher,Brian L.
TI  - The Origins of the New Churches Movement in Southern Ethiopia, 1927-1944
T2  - Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy - Book Archive pre-2000
SN  - 9789004664654
AV  - BR1370 
U1  - 276.3/082 23
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Missions
KW  - Ethiopia
KW  - Church history
KW  - Religious life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Preliminary Material; Brian L. Fargher -- Preface; Brian L. Fargher -- Abbreviations; Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter One Ethiopia’s National Church; Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Two S.I.M. Church Planters; Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Three Church, Priests and Expatriate Evangelists; Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Four Converts, Sacraments and A New Community; Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Five Missionaries, But no Mission; Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Six Needed: A New Beginning— 1943–1945; Brian L. Fargher -- Chapter Seven A Synopsis: 1946 – 1996; Brian L. Fargher -- Back Matter -- Bibliography; Brian L. Fargher -- Index; Brian L. Fargher -- Studies of Religion in Africa; Brian L. Fargher
N2  - This study describes the beginnings of a movement which has created another face for Ethiopian Christianity. The expatriate missionary-evangelists, who in 1927 were encouraged by Emperor Haile Selassie to work in southern Ethiopia, intentionally by-passed the Orthodox model and made a fresh start. Three of the many facets of the movement comprise the body of the book. There is the religious backdrop of Orthodox Christianity and the expatriates' fundamentalist traditions; then the praxis and polity of their work; finally the post-Occupation outcome which confirmed their choices. Since its beginning in 1932 the New Churches Movement has impacted every part of Ethiopian society: religious, political and socio-economic. It demonstrates that a fresh start can be complementary rather than competitive. The movement's success encourages missionary-evangelists to continue making new beginnings
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004664654
ER  -