Ethiopia is a country of multi-ethnic and multi-religious society. Almost all of its citizens claim affiliation with either Christianity, Islam, or African traditional religions. Adherents of these religions have been coexisting in respect and peace. However, there is a growing tension between the citizens since the downfall of the dictatorial military government of Ethiopia, which was displaced by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991. Politics, religion, and ethnicity are the major causes of the declining national harmony under the current government. My claim is that addressing the declining national harmony caused by the religious, political, and ethnic tensions in Ethiopia requires of the EECMY to rethink its public theology in a way that promotes a national harmony that values peace, equality, justice, democracy, and human flourishing.

埃塞俄比亚是一个多民族，多宗教的国家。几乎所有公民都声称与基督教，伊斯兰教或非洲传统宗教有联系。这些宗教的信徒在尊重与和平中并存。但是，自埃塞俄比亚独裁军政府于1991年被埃塞俄比亚人民革命民主阵线（EPRDF）驱逐以来，公民之间的紧张关系日益加剧。在现任政府领导下，民族和谐正在下降。我的主张是，解决埃塞俄比亚宗教，政治和族裔紧张局势造成的民族和解不断下降的问题，要求采取EECMY 重新思考其公共神学，以促进重视和平，平等，正义，民主和人类繁荣的民族和谐。