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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Brill ebook titles | Religion and the Social Order ; 18. | Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004223103Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004189140
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion Crossing Boundaries: Transnational Religious and Social Dynamics in Africa and the New African DiasporaDDC classification:
  • 200.89/96 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2400 .R3685 2010
Online resources:
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.
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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.

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