Ralph Lee, a specialist in Ethiopian Orthodoxy, will present a short introduction to the Christianity of Ethiopia, and its extraordinary development within a culture outside the influence of the Roman Empire, and of the Greek thought that dominated Christianity's development in the West. In this talk he will explore the indigenous development of Christianity and theological thinking that has shaped the formation of the Ethiopian nation over many centuries. With a brief outline of the Ethiopian church's history, he will explore briefly a couple of texts that show its unique contextual approach to Christian thought and life.
(Parents Dining Room -- lunch served at 12:00 noon, program begins at 12:15 PM)
Ralph Lee currently leads projects on Orthodox Christianity at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. He supervises doctoral students at OCMS and at the Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies in Cambridge, and leads a research project on spiritual formation in the Ethiopian Church in partnership with Sankt Ignatios College, Södertälje, Sweden.
