Visiting Lecturer at London School of Theology and Research associate, University of Pretoria
Mohammed Girma (MA and PhD in political philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) currently works as a visiting lecturer of intercultural studies at London School of Theology and research associate at the University of Pretoria. Previously he has worked as visiting scholar at Yale University and assistant professor at ETF, Leuven, Belgium. Girma is the author of 'Understanding Religion and Social Change in Ethiopia' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), co-editor of Christian Citizenship in the Middle East (JKP, 2017) and the editor of The Healing of Memories: African Christian Response to Politically Induced Trauma (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018). Girma also writes comments on African, especially Ethiopian, social and political matters.
Ethiopians want love and forgiveness. But they want justice too
Aug 01, 2018 14:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
In its long history, Ethiopia has seen a few political contours. These range from politics based on alleged divine will to scientific materialism as a rejection of divine ascription and to ethno-linguistic politics....
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