The African Christian Diaspora - New Currents and Emerging Trends in World Christianity

Informationen zum Autor Afe Adogame is the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Religion and Society, and Chair of History and Ecumenics Department, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, USA. He is also Professor Extraordinaire at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and author of The African Christian Diaspora (Bloomsbury Academic, 2013). Zusammenfassung A guide offering interpretation and analysis of African immigrant Christianities in Western societies and their impact on the wider local-global religious scene. It demonstrates how African Christianities are negotiating and assimilating notions of the global while maintaining their local identities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Afe Adogame, Afeosemime U. Adogame, Dr. Afe Adogame
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9781441188588
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-8858-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General