An edition of The African Christian diaspora (2013)

The African Christian diaspora

new currents and emerging trends in world Christianity

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An edition of The African Christian diaspora (2013)

The African Christian diaspora

new currents and emerging trends in world Christianity

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The last three decades have witnessed a rapid proliferation of African Christian communities, particularly in Europe and North American diaspora, thus resulting in the remapping of old religious landscapes. This migratory trend and development bring to the fore the crucial role, functions and import of religious symbolic systems in new geo-cultural contexts. The trans-national linkages between African-led churches in the countries of origin (Africa) and the "host" societies are assuming increasing importance for African immigrants. The links and networks that are established and maintained between these contexts are of immense religious, cultural, economic, political and social importance. This suggests how African Christianities can be understood within processes of religious transnationalism and African modernity. Based on extensive religious ethnography undertaken by the author among African Christian communities in Europe, the USA and Africa in the last 17 years, this book maps and describes the incipience and consolidation of new brands of African Christianities in diaspora. The book demonstrates how African Christianities are negotiating and assimilating notions of the global while maintaining their local identities.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury
Language
English
Pages
259

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Table of Contents

Trajectories of African migration
Narratives of African migration
Situating the local scene(s)
Historiography of new African Christianities in diaspora
A phenomenology of African Christian communities in diaspora
African Christianities as social, cultural and spiritual capital
Negotiation identity, citizenship and power
Globalization, media and transnationalism
Reverse mission
The politics of networking.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-241) and index.

Published in
London, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
270.8/308996
Library of Congress
BR1360 .A39 2013, BR1360.A39 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 259 pages
Number of pages
259

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28387672M
Internet Archive
africanchristian0000adog
ISBN 10
1441188584, 1441136673, 1441112723, 1441196986
ISBN 13
9781441188588, 9781441136671, 9781441112729, 9781441196989
LCCN
2012033251
OCLC/WorldCat
657602731

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