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Thesis (M.A. in history)--Washington State University, August 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-114).

Thesis (doctoral)--University of London, 1971. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 601-636).

Akademisk avhandling--Universitetet i Göteborg. / Bibliography: p. [234]-239.

This dissertation is an ethnographic study of Oromo Presbyterian Evangelical Church located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The case study of this congregation contributes to our understanding of how "new immigrants" are changing the American religious landscape. By assessing religious and ethnic identity among immigrant Oromo Ethiopians, this study traces Oromo conceptions of identity from the homeland to the diaspora. As identities are renegotiated in the new land, this immigrant group establishes a faith community whereby religion serves as a meaning-making institution to meet the social, cultural, and spiritual needs of the immigrant group. Furthermore, the relationship between post-1965 immigrant Christians with Protestant mainline churches is a dynamic affecting ethnic diversity and church growth. Thus, this case study points to the normative challenges faced by the Protestant mainline as new immigrants contribute to the redefining of American Protestantism. / Religion

Diss.--Berlin--Freie Universität, 1991. / Bibliogr. p. 225-252.

This thesis begins with a brief survey of African-American and Oromo history focusing specifically on their experiences under the yoke of an oppressive hegemony noting that they both experienced comparable hardships (a form of enslavement, tenancy, sharecropping, disfranchisement, etc.). It also looks at both groups’ subsequent development of cultural awareness and their desire for self-determination. In the case of African-Americans, these factors would lead to a national cry for equality and inclusion. For the Oromo of Ethiopia, these two factors led to an armed struggle for independence and the development of Oromo nationalism. Finally, an analysis is made of the socio-economic effects of the oppression and domination experienced by both groups and argues that in many instances the residual effects of the aforementioned hardships are ever present in contemporary society thus sparking the need for a continued struggle.

Language and religion are essential components of cultural identity. Cultural identity both reinforces and subverts the dominant paradigm. An alliance of Church and State in Ethiopia reinforced Abyssinian imperial political, economic, and military domination with linguistic, religious, and cultural hegemony. The Abyssinians are the Amhara and Tigrayan people, who speak related Semitic languages and follow Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity. As the Abyssinians created the modern Ethiopian empire, they dominated the Ethiopian political landscape since the 1880s. Onesimos Nasib’s life serves as a case study, allowing this thesis to explore these themes of how culture can reinforce or undermine state authority. Enslaved as a child, Onesimos’ life reveals how cultural perceptions justified exploitation in the Abyssinian Empire. After his freedom and baptism into the Protestant Christian faith, Onesimos’ work as a missionary, translator, and teacher reveals how language, culture, and religion can help edify an exploited group while challenging the sources of that exploitation. This thesis emphasizes the significance of Oromo literature, education, and the adoption of Protestant Christianity in Wallaga region in Western Ethiopia during the early twentieth century as a means of preserving Oromo language, culture, and beliefs.

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