The Role of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Churches to Mitigate Social Problems in Addis Ababa
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2017-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study focused on investigating the role of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido
churches in mitigating social problems in Addis Ababa. As far as the knowledge of the
researcher towards the study of religious institutions is concerned, most of the previous
studies carried out in both academic and non-academic organization focuses on specific
issues of cultural, spiritual, and social environment roles. However, little is done to
understand the role of Ethiopian Orthodox Churches form the stand point of mitigating
social problems. This gap has been the central point of the study. The study is qualitative
by design. Both primary and secondary sources used to generate pertinent information to
the study. In line with this, the researcher used the common methods such as In-depth
interview and focus group discussion (FGD) to obtain primary data. Whereas, secondary
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data have been collected from various materials of published and unpublished sources
such as books, journals, internets and other related sources assumed important for this
particular study. Data gathered in this way were subject for thematic analysis. Currently,
increasing the number of vulnerable orphans and elders, HIV/AIDS, unemployment, and
housing problem are the major social problems that gain a due attention by the selected
Ethiopian orthodox Tewahido churches. EOTC plays a great role in the day to day life of
the society and they aimed at serving the human beings on the basis of truth. The
researcher implication for the future researchers on this issue is that Ethiopian Orthodox
Tewahido Churches give a due attention for various social problems but this study
addressed only housing problem, HIV/AIDS, unemployment, orphans and elder’s related
problems. Therefore, it is better if they focused on other social problems that are not
touched by this study
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Religion; Religious Institutions; Social problems