Ethnic politics in Ethiopia and the church

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Sociology - Religion grade: A- course: Integrated language: English abstract: Politically Ethiopians are currently provoked and even forced to align withtheir ethnic group as opposed to Ethiopianism that promotes nationalidentity over ethnic identity.1 Mesfin Woldemariam discusses how this wasenforced in the 1992 election in Ethiopia. 2 This has to do with the federalism governance the country adopted since the over through of the Dergueregime. As the result of this there is a growing ethnic tension in manyplaces government sectors other organizations and churches. As Christiansof this century living in a critical defining term of history we are in a baffling trajectory where every other turn seems grey and our ethnic identity and our view of it plays a crucial role.