Religion Crossing Boundaries

Transnational Religious and Social Dynamics in Africa and the New African Diaspora

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Volume Editors:
Afe Adogame
and
Jim Spickard
Copyright Year:
2010
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Preliminary Material
By: A. Adogame
Pages: i–ix
Introduction: Africa, The New African Diaspora, And Religious Transnationalism In A Global World
By: James V. Spickard and Afe Adogame
Pages: 1–28
1. The Visa God: Would-Be Migrants And The Instrumentalization Of Religion
By: Ebenezer Obadare and Wale Adebanwi
Pages: 29–48
2. A Nigerian Mother In Israel At Coney Island: Authority, Gender, And Translation In A Transnational Yoruba Religion
By: Mei-Mei Sanford
Pages: 49–61
3. Mobility And Belonging Among Transnational Congolese Pentecostal Congregations: Modernity And The Emergence Of Socioeconomic Differences
By: Géraldine Mossière
Pages: 63–86
4. Mediating Spiritual Power: African Christianity, Transnationalism And The Media
By: J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Pages: 87–103
5. On The Inscrutability Of The Ways Of God: The Transnationalization Of Pentecostalism On The West African Coast
By: Joël Noret
Pages: 105–122
6. Pentecostals Moving South-South: Brazilian And Ghanaian Transnationalism In Southern Africa
By: Linda Van De Kamp and Rijk Van Dijk
Pages: 123–142
7. “When You Make Sacrifice, No One Is A Stranger”: Divination, Sacrifice And Identity Among Translocals In The West African Urban Diaspora
By: Laura S. Grillo
Pages: 143–164
8. The Boundary-Crossing Influence Of African Initiated Churches (Aics) On Youth In Emuhaya District, Western Kenya
By: Susan M. Kilonzo
Pages: 165–184
9. Gospel Without Borders: Gender Dynamics Of Transnational Religious Movements In Kenya And The Kenyan Diaspora
By: Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Philomena Njeri Mwaura
Pages: 185–209
10. The Bonnke Effect: Encounters With Transnational Evangelism In Southeastern Nigeria
By: Edlyne E. Anugwom
Pages: 211–226
11. The Pan-African Church: Nation, Self, And Spirit In Winners’ Chapel, Nigeria
By: Samuel Krinsky
Pages: 227–251
12. Transnational Tradition: The Global Dynamics Of “African Traditional Religion”
By: Marleen De Witte
Pages: 253–275
Contributors
By: A. Adogame
Pages: 277–280
"...the anthology fills an important gap in research on migration and religion. Moreover, it provides a line of articles of high quality and a rich material from a multitude of local settings." - Jessica Moberg, Söderturn University, in: Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review, 2:1 (2011)
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Publisher:
Brill
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 282 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004187306.i-280

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