The Rift Valley Institute and the Peace Research Facility published in 2023 a study titled "Religion in Contemporary Ethiopia: History, Politics and Inter-Religious Relations" by Jorg Haustein, Abduletif Kedir Idris, and Diego Maria Malara.
Religion has made a political comeback in Ethiopia under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and is once again part of the political discourse. Religious affiliation in Ethiopia is part of a multi-layered nexus incorporating ethnicity and other, secondary, social characteristics, such as occupation or class.
The study provides an overview of the politics of religion since the making of the modern Ethiopian nation state in the nineteenth century. It surveys the four most important faith groups in Ethiopia--Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Protestantism/Pentecostalism, and traditional religions. Finally, it explores inter-religious relations.
