The African Christian diaspora : new currents and emerging trends in world Christianity / Afe Adogame.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African diaspora.

Christianity--Africa.

Christianity.

Globalization--Religious aspects.

Globalization.

Africa--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Africa.

Europe--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Europe.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Christianity.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

1. Trajectories of African Migration

2. Narratives of African Migration

3. Situating the Local Scene(s)

4. Historiography of new African Christianities in Diaspora

5. A Phenomenology of African Christian Communities in Diaspora

6. African Christianities as Social, Cultural and Spiritual Capital

7. Negotiation Identity, Citizenship and Power

8. Globalization, Media and Transnationalism

9. Reverse Mission

10. The Politics of Networking

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441196989

1441196986

9781472552648

1472552644

9781299051638

1299051634

9781441112729

1441112723

OCLC:

827944842