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Title From beleaguered fortresses to belligerent cities
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/10071/5104
Date 2013
Author(s) Ramos, Manuel João
Abstract Given the progressively central role of religious affiliation as a marker of political identity in Ethiopian urban communities, this paper reflects on the impact of current imprints of conflict in inter- and intra-religious relations and the degree of government interference in national religious structures. As religion becomes part of the political debate, it is worth reading the present situation against the framework of traditional mediation, negotiation and tolerance practices, which have historically shaped intra- and inter-communal relations. As politically relevant as the Christian / Muslim cleavages may be, the tendency of analysts and external decision-makers to overvalue it, disregarding the pragmatism shown by millennial coexistence between these groups and the evidence of major reconfigurations presently taking place in urban Ethiopia, runs the risk of hindering a comprehensive reading of the complexity of the dynamics of domestic and foreign Ethiopian policy in the Horn of Africa. - FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Subject(s) Ethiopia; Islam; Christianity; Politics; Conflict
Language eng
Type of publication book
Rights openAccess
Identifier RAMOS, M.J., From beleaguered fortresses to belligerent cities. In State and Societal Challenges in the Horn of Africa: conflict and processes of state formation, reconfiguration and disintegration. Lisboa: CEA, 2013. p.14-31; 978-972-8335-23-6
Repository Lissabon - Centro de Estudos Africanos (ISCTE-IUL)
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