Tibebe Eshete, Ph.D. is a visiting Professor teaching African History and African Religions at Michigan State University. He has taught African History, World History, and US History at Missouri State University, Calvin College, and Cornerstone University. He also taught history at Asmara University and Addis Ababa University. He served as a research coordinator for World Vision Int/Ethiopia.� He has published extensively on the Horn of Africa, particularly on Ethio-Somali relations. His recent research publications concentrate on religion and politics and socio-cultural studies pertaining to Ethiopia. His books include The Silent Revolution: The Role of Community Development in Reducing the Demand for Small Arms(2000) and the Evangelical Movement in Ethiopia: Resistance and Resilience (2009), considered by scholars as groundbreaking.