A brief 17th century uprising will help determine the shape of the modern world. 

Uprising in Ethiopia is about the encounter and struggle between Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholicism beginning in 1622. Students play nuns, monks, and peasantry, representing Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, as well a Jesuit missionaries and members of the Ethiopian ruling classes, representing Roman Catholicism. There is a theological debate about the different doctrines of these two Christian denominations. But this debate takes place within a much larger political and social context, in which Ethiopians are being urged to abandon their most-closely held cultural practices. Many students will be unfamiliar with—and even confused by—the doctrinal issues at stake. Adherence to religion and tradition alongside resistance to change will be more familiar to most students.