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DOI: 10.46698/VNC.2022.18.11.007

ETHIOPIA: PENTECOST AND SIDAM’S POLITICAL SELF-DETERMINATION

Zakharov, Ivan A.
Kavkaz Forum. 2022. Issue 11.
Abstract:
The formation of the Sidam region in Ethiopia in 2020, which launched the
process of crushing the country’s administrative-territorial division, is usually
considered from the point of view of ethnic and ethno-political processes. The
author showed that a religious factor played an important role in the political
self-determination of Sidam, whose action intensified as a result of polarization
of the confessional space of Ethiopia. It has been established that the spread of
Protestantism, inspired by five-tinding doctrines among this people, contributed
to the growth of the Sidam’s self -awareness, which had long been subjected to
the policy of amcharization. By the beginning of the XXI century. Protestantism,
broadcasting the ideas of modernization and democratization among its
followers, has become the largest denomination in the region. The consolidation
of Sidam during the spiritual and socio-political transformation contributed to the
formation of powerful political power. As a result of the consistent struggle lying
mainly in the legal field, Sidam achieved their constitutional right to territorial
self-determination.
The relevance of the study is due to the growing interest in the role of religion
as a political factor around the world, in particular, in post-colonial Africa. The
example of Sidam is, in fact, the processes that took place in Europe of the 16th
century - during the origin and spread of Protestantism and the emergence of
the Protestant national states that were separated from the Papal influence on
its ideological basis - England, German lands, and the Netherlands. Pentecostal is
the most wide-spread Protestant teaching today. This is from the Late Protestan
movements of Christianity, which arose in the USA in the second half of the XIXth
century. From there it spread to other countries.
The novelty of the study is that the indicated problem is subjected to such
study for the first time.
Keywords: Ethiopia, Sidam, Pentecostalism, political self-determination, religious freedom, referendum
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