Religion crossing boundaries : transnational religious and social dynamics in Africa and the new African diaspora /
Religion crossing boundaries : transnational religious and social dynamics in Africa and the new African diaspora /
edited by Afe Adogame and James V. Spickard.
- Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, ©2010.
- 1 online resource (ix, 280 pages)
- Religion and the social order, v. 18 1061-5210 ; .
- Religion and the social order ; v. 18. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface: Real globalization : everything is local / William H. Swatos, Jr. -- Introduction: Africa, the new African diaspora, and religious transnationalism in a global world / James V. Spickard and Afe Adogame -- Transnational dynamics in African migration. The visa God : would-be migrants and the instrumentalization of religion / Ebenezer Obadare and Wale Adebanwi -- A Nigerian mother in Israel at Coney Island : authority, gender, and translation in a transnational Yoruba religion / Mei-Mei Sanford -- Mobility and belonging among transnational Congolese Pentecostal congregations : modernity and the emergence of socioeconomic differences / Geraldine Mossiáere -- Mediating spiritual power : African Christianity, transnationalism and the media / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- Transnational dynamics within Africa. On the inscrutability of the ways of God : the transnationalization of Pentecostalism on the West African coast / Joel Noret -- Pentecostals moving south-south : Brazilian and Ghanaian transnationalism in Southern Africa / Linda van de Kamp and Rijk van Dijk -- "When you make sacrifice, no one is a stranger" : divination, sacrifice and identity among translocals in the West African urban diapora / Laura S. Grillo -- The boundary-crossing influence of African Initiated Churches (AICs) on youth in Emuhaya District / Susan M. Kilonzo -- Gospel without borders : gender dynamics of transnational religious movements in Kenya and the Kenyan diaspora / Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Philomena Njeri Mwaura -- The Bonnke effect : encounters with transnational evangelism in southeastern Nigeria / Edlyne E. Anugwom -- Wider implications of transnational African religions. The Pan-African church : nation, self, and spirit in Winners' Chapel, Nigeria / Samuel Krinsky -- Transnational tradition : the global dynamics of "African traditional religion" / Marleen de Witte.
The essays in this volume illustrates the variety and power of predominantly pentecostal-charismatic movements between Western and African religious actors and groups that has developed across the past twenty years. In so doing, it also highlights the dramatic change in global ""migration"" patterns as a result of relatively inexpensive air travel
9789004189140 9004189149 9789004187306 9004187308
9786612787126
278712 MIL
Black people--Religion.--Africa
Black people--Religion.
African diaspora.
Globalization--Religious aspects.
Africains--Pays étrangers.
Mondialisation--Aspect religieux.
Personnes noires--Religion.--Afrique
Personnes noires--Religion.
RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
African diaspora
Black people--Religion
Globalization--Religious aspects
Africa
BL2400 / .R3685 2010eb
200.89/96
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface: Real globalization : everything is local / William H. Swatos, Jr. -- Introduction: Africa, the new African diaspora, and religious transnationalism in a global world / James V. Spickard and Afe Adogame -- Transnational dynamics in African migration. The visa God : would-be migrants and the instrumentalization of religion / Ebenezer Obadare and Wale Adebanwi -- A Nigerian mother in Israel at Coney Island : authority, gender, and translation in a transnational Yoruba religion / Mei-Mei Sanford -- Mobility and belonging among transnational Congolese Pentecostal congregations : modernity and the emergence of socioeconomic differences / Geraldine Mossiáere -- Mediating spiritual power : African Christianity, transnationalism and the media / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- Transnational dynamics within Africa. On the inscrutability of the ways of God : the transnationalization of Pentecostalism on the West African coast / Joel Noret -- Pentecostals moving south-south : Brazilian and Ghanaian transnationalism in Southern Africa / Linda van de Kamp and Rijk van Dijk -- "When you make sacrifice, no one is a stranger" : divination, sacrifice and identity among translocals in the West African urban diapora / Laura S. Grillo -- The boundary-crossing influence of African Initiated Churches (AICs) on youth in Emuhaya District / Susan M. Kilonzo -- Gospel without borders : gender dynamics of transnational religious movements in Kenya and the Kenyan diaspora / Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Philomena Njeri Mwaura -- The Bonnke effect : encounters with transnational evangelism in southeastern Nigeria / Edlyne E. Anugwom -- Wider implications of transnational African religions. The Pan-African church : nation, self, and spirit in Winners' Chapel, Nigeria / Samuel Krinsky -- Transnational tradition : the global dynamics of "African traditional religion" / Marleen de Witte.
The essays in this volume illustrates the variety and power of predominantly pentecostal-charismatic movements between Western and African religious actors and groups that has developed across the past twenty years. In so doing, it also highlights the dramatic change in global ""migration"" patterns as a result of relatively inexpensive air travel
9789004189140 9004189149 9789004187306 9004187308
9786612787126
278712 MIL
Black people--Religion.--Africa
Black people--Religion.
African diaspora.
Globalization--Religious aspects.
Africains--Pays étrangers.
Mondialisation--Aspect religieux.
Personnes noires--Religion.--Afrique
Personnes noires--Religion.
RELIGION--Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
African diaspora
Black people--Religion
Globalization--Religious aspects
Africa
BL2400 / .R3685 2010eb
200.89/96