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| EPRDF's revolutionary democracy and religious plurality: Islam and Christianity in post-Derg Ethiopia J Haustein, T Østebø Journal of Eastern African Studies 5 (4), 755-772, 2011 | 89 | 2011 |
| The question of becoming: Islamic reform movements in contemporary Ethiopia T Østebø Journal of Religion in Africa 38 (4), 416-446, 2008 | 66 | 2008 |
| African Salafism: religious purity and the politicization of purity T Østebø Islamic Africa 6 (1-2), 1-29, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |
| Islamic Militancy in Africa. T Østebø Africa Security Briefs, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Islam and state relations in Ethiopia: From containment to the production of a “Governmental Islam” T Østebø Journal of the American Academy of Religion 81 (4), 1029-1060, 2013 | 55 | 2013 |
| Are religious leaders a magic bullet for social/societal change? A critical look at anti-FGM interventions in Ethiopia MT Østebø, T Østebø Africa Today 60 (3), 83-101, 2014 | 46 | 2014 |
| Muslim Ethiopia: the Christian legacy, identity politics, and Islamic reformism T Østebø Springer, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| Interpreting contemporary Oromo politics in Ethiopia: an ethnographic approach T Østebø, K Tronvoll Journal of Eastern African Studies 14 (4), 613-632, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
| Salafism, State-Politics, and the Question of" Extremism" in Ethiopia. T Østebø Comparative Islamic Studies 8, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| The question of becoming: Islamic reform-movements in contemporary Ethiopia T Østebø CMI Working Paper, 2007 | 26 | 2007 |
| Localising Salafism: Religious Change among Oromo Muslims in Bale, Ethiopia T Østebø Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusstudier, 2008 | 25 | 2008 |
| The revenge of the Jinns: spirits, Salafi reform, and the continuity in change in contemporary Ethiopia T Østebø Contemporary Islam 8, 17-36, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Religious change and Islam: The emergence of the Salafi movement in Bale, Ethiopia T Østebø Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 2, 463-476, 2009 | 18 | 2009 |
| Religion and the ‘Secular shadow’: responses to covid-19 in Ethiopia T Østebø, K Tronvoll, MT Østebø Religion 51 (3), 339-358, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Local reformers and the search for change: the emergence of Salafism in Bale, Ethiopia T Østebø Africa 81 (4), 628-648, 2011 | 16 | 2011 |
| Une économie salafie de la prière dans la région du Balé en Éthiopie T Østebø Afrique contemporaine 231 (3), 43-60, 2009 | 16 | 2009 |
| A history of Islam and inter-religious relations in Bale, Ethiopia T Østebø | 16 | 2005 |
| Islam, ethnicity, and conflict in Ethiopia: The Bale insurgency, 1963-1970 T Østebø Cambridge University Press, 2020 | 15 | 2020 |
| Muslims in Ethiopia: The Christian legacy, identity politics, and Islamic reformism P Desplat, T Østebø Muslim Ethiopia: The Christian Legacy, Identity Politics, and Islamic …, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
