Introduction : a tradition of faith
Place and idea : identifying Ethiopia
Semitic and Cushitic : a meeting of cultures
King and Abuna : the formation of a Church
Sacred space and sacred time : an approach to worship
Monks and missionaries : the growth of popular Christianity
Islam and Christianity : how two faiths coexisted
Catholic missions and Christological debate : exploring doctrine
Students and teachers : the oral tradition of scholarship
Evangelicals and Pentecostals : new ways of believing
Survival and growth : the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawehedo Church in the modern world
Conclusion : a traditional African Church.