This article aims to illustrate through a social narrative the role and function of the debtera and their affiliation with the sacred and the profane in the Christian Orthodox regions of Ethiopia today. The article argues that though the debtera are subject to moral opprobrium, they are able to breach both the sacred and the profane because of their close relationship to knowledge and money.

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寻找债务：今日埃塞俄比亚关于善与恶的亲密叙事

本文旨在通过社会叙事来说明当今埃塞俄比亚基督教东正教地区债务人的角色和功能及其与神圣和亵渎的关系。文章认为，尽管债务人受到道德上的侮辱，但由于它们与知识和金钱的密切关系，它们有能力违反神圣和亵渎。