Untitled Sermon

For the record, the manner Ethiopians perceived themselves is

different from these Eurocentric readings. My book, Survival and

Modernization?Ethiopia's Enigmatic Present, has attempted to show that

Ethiopians have defined themselves, not by technological pursuit or the

quest for conquest and grandeur, but by the guardianship of Christianity,

by their unwavering commitment to what they believed to be the true

religion even as other nations shifted to Islam. Far from being the upshot

of fatality, isolation was for them a choice, the expression of their assumed

mission, which was to stay firmly Christian, including by means of martial

prowess, so as to deserve the status of God's new chosen people.

Eurocentrism and Ethiopian Historiography: Deconstructing Semitization

Author(s): Messay Kebede

Source:

International Journal of Ethiopian Studies,

Vol. 1, No. 1 (Summ

Truth is not subjective. However, it has been manipulated to support and foster certain societal positions.