Religion crossing boundaries : transnational religious and social dynamics in Africa and the new African diaspora / / edited by Afe Adogame and James V. Spickard.

• Superior document: Religion and the social order, 18
• TeilnehmendeR: Adogame, Afeosemime U. 1964-; Spickard, James V.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and the social order ; 18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / A. Adogame -- Introduction: Africa, The New African Diaspora, And Religious Transnationalism In A Global World / James V. Spickard and Afe Adogame -- 1. The Visa God: Would-Be Migrants And The Instrumentalization Of Religion / Ebenezer Obadare and Wale Adebanwi -- 2. A Nigerian Mother In Israel At Coney Island: Authority, Gender, And Translation In A Transnational Yoruba Religion / Mei-Mei Sanford -- 3. Mobility And Belonging Among Transnational Congolese Pentecostal Congregations: Modernity And The Emergence Of Socioeconomic Differences / Géraldine Mossière -- 4. Mediating Spiritual Power: African Christianity, Transnationalism And The Media / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- 5. On The Inscrutability Of The Ways Of God: The Transnationalization Of Pentecostalism On The West African Coast / Joël Noret -- 6. Pentecostals Moving South-South: Brazilian And Ghanaian Transnationalism In Southern Africa / Linda Van De Kamp and Rijk Van Dijk -- 7. “When You Make Sacrifice, No One Is A Stranger”: Divination, Sacrifice And Identity Among Translocals In The West African Urban Diaspora / Laura S. Grillo -- 8. The Boundary-Crossing Influence Of African Initiated Churches (Aics) On Youth In Emuhaya District, Western Kenya / Susan M. Kilonzo -- 9. Gospel Without Borders: Gender Dynamics Of Transnational Religious Movements In Kenya And The Kenyan Diaspora / Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Philomena Njeri Mwaura -- 10. The Bonnke Effect: Encounters With Transnational Evangelism In Southeastern Nigeria / Edlyne E. Anugwom -- 11. The Pan-African Church: Nation, Self, And Spirit In Winners’ Chapel, Nigeria / Samuel Krinsky -- 12. Transnational Tradition: The Global Dynamics Of “African Traditional Religion” / Marleen De Witte -- Contributors / A. Adogame.