Religion crossing boundaries : : transnational religious and social dynamics in Africa and the new African diaspora / / edited by Afe Adogame and James V. Spickard.
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&...
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| Superior document: | Religion and the social order, 18 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion and the social order ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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.