A History of Mediation
Tom Boylston
Chapter from the book: Boylston, T. 2018. The Stranger at the Feast: Prohibition and Mediation in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Community.
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Chapter from the book: Boylston, T. 2018. The Stranger at the Feast: Prohibition and Mediation in an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Community.
The monasteries of Zege have had a historically ambiguous relationship to the Ethiopian state. Sometimes they have sheltered the local populace from state impositions; at other times, the monasteries have appeared as a state-like force in their own right. This chapter unravels the complex history of religious and political power in Zege, showing how a class of para-church dignitaries used to act as key power brokers. We then follow the changes in religious practice that have accompanied the decline of monastic authority.
Boylston, T. 2018. A History of Mediation. In: Boylston, T, The Stranger at the Feast. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.44.b
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Published on Jan. 12, 2018