The public face of African new religious movements in diaspora : imagining the religious 'other' / edited by Afe Adogame.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adogame, Afeosemime U. (Afeosemime Unuose), 1964- editor.

Series:

Ashgate Inform series on minority religions and spiritual movements.

African Diaspora, 1860-Present (Text)

Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cults--Africa.

Cults.

Africans--Migrations.

Africans.

African diaspora.

Africa--Religion.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 289 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge (Publisher), 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The growing pace of international migration, technological revolution in media, and travel generate circumstances that provide opportunities for the mobility of African new religious movements (ANRMs) within Africa and beyond. ANRMs are furthering their self-assertion and self-insertion into the religious landscapes of Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Their growing presence and public visibility seem to be more robustly captured by the popular media than by scholars of NRMs, historians of religion, and social scientists, a tendency that has probably shaped the public mental picture and understanding of the phenomena. This book provides new theoretical and methodological insights for understanding and interpreting ANRMs and African-derived religions in diaspora. Contributors focus on individual groups and movements drawn from Christian, Islamic, Jewish and African-derived religious movements and explore their provenance and patterns of emergence; their belief systems and ritual practices; their public/civic roles; group self-definition; public perceptions and responses; tendencies towards integration/segregation; organisational networks; gender orientations and the implications of interactions within and between the groups and with the host societies. The book includes contributions from scholars and religious practitioners, thus offering new insights into how ANRMs can be better defined, approached, and interpreted by scholars, policy makers, and media practitioners alike.

Contents:

Introduction The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora

1 The Discourse about 'Africa' in Religious Communities in Brazil: How Africa Becomes the Ultimate Source of Authenticity in Afro-Brazilian Religions

2 Irrecha: A Traditional Oromo Religious Ritual Goes Global

3 Self-Representation by Black Majority Christianity in Britain

4 The Transnational Dynamics of Black Jews in France

5 'Take Over Asia for God!': The Public Face of African Pentecostal Churches in China

6 Uncovering an Alternative Story: Examining the Religious and Social Lives of Afro-Caribbean Youth in London and New York City

7 Juggling Multiple Identities to Overcome Minority Status: Young Congolese Pentecostals in Montreal (Quebec)

8 'Living by the Spirit' : African Christian Communities in Sweden

9 'Penetrating the Unseen': The Role of Religion and Spiritual Practices in the Senegalese Boat Migration Process

10 'The Coca-Cola of Churches Arrives': Nigeria's Redeemed Christian Church of God in Brazil

11 Nigerian Pentecostals in Britain: Towards Prosperity or Consumerism?

12 Public Perception of Witchcraft Accusations, Stereotyping and Child Abuse: A Case Study of Britain's Black Majority Churches

13 The Strangers in our Midst: Issues of Misunderstanding between African Migrant Churches in Germany and the Mainstream German Churches.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 11, 2019).

Originally published in 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

953858342