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African Christian presence in the West : new immigrant congregations and transnational networks in North America and Europe / edited by Frieder Ludwig & J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu.

Contributor(s): Ludwig, Frieder, 1961- | Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena (Johnson Kwabena)
Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in contemporary Africa series (Trenton, N.J.): Publisher: Trenton NJ : Africa World Press, 2011Description: vii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1592218075 (hardcover); 9781592218073 (hardcover); 1592218083 (pbk.); 9781592218080 (pbk.)Subject(s): Africa -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Africans -- North America -- Religion | Africans -- Europe -- Religion | African Americans -- North America -- Religion | African Americans -- Religion | Blacks -- Europe -- ReligionDDC classification: 270.089/9601821 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The anatomy of reverse flow in African Christianity : Pentecostalism and immigrant African Christianity / Ogbu U Kalu -- Discourses on migration as migratory discourses : diasporic identities and the quest for analytical categories / Klaus Hock -- Traversing the United Kingdom of God : the transnationalisation of the New African religious diaspora / Afe Adogame -- "On mission abroad" : Ghana's Church of Pentecost and its USA missions / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- Dynamism and challenges among Ghanaian Methodists in the Washington DC (USA) metroplex / Casely B. Essamuah -- Philadelphia to Ghana, Ghana to Philadelphia : transnational flows of faith healing Christianity and the Africanisation of the First Century Gospel Church, New Jersey / Adam Mohr -- An exploration into the religious life of Eritrean immigrants in the United States of America / Tekle Woldemikael and Mesghina G. Medhin -- "Driving the spirit" from Africa to Minnesota : Lutheran music in the African diaspora / Allison Adrian -- Contributions of African Christian churches to the integration of immigrants in Alberta (Canada) / Paulin Mulatris -- A comparison of the integration experiences of two African immigrant populations in a rural community / Dianna J. Shandy and Katherine Fennelly -- Separated at birth : America's new Africans and the African American community / Jehu J. Hanciles -- The new immigration and the old : the context of African Christian immigration to the USA / Mark Granquist -- The African Christian diaspora in Europe : the Atlantic difference / Gerrie ter Haar -- African Pentecostal churches in Britain : the case of the Redeemed Christian Church of God / R.H. Burgess -- African-led Pentecostalism in 21st century Ireland : a historical and substantive analysis / Abel Ugba -- African Roman Catholic missionary networks between Africa and Europe / Katrin Langewiesche -- "Prepare the way of the Lord..." : the role of sermons in churches of African origin in Germany / Benjamin Simon -- "Ever generous Lord, how can I praise you?" : the Ghanaian gospel boom in Hamburg / Erika Eichholzer --
"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?" : African diaspora Christianity as space and place of imagination / Kenneth Mtata -- "Just like Joseph in the Bible" : the Liberian Christian presence in Minnesota / Frieder Ludwig -- Transnational Nuer churches : bringing development to the homeland and morals to the US / Christiane Falge -- Towards a theology of migration / Andrew F. Walls -- Appendix 1. Interview with Bongani Mazibuko : the Centre for Black and White Christian Partnership in Birmingham, United Kingdom / Frieder Ludwig -- Appendix 2. African Theological Training in Germany (ATTiG) : a study program of the Academy of Mission for, and with African migrant-church leaders in Northern Germany / Werner Kahl -- Appendix 3. African National Ministries in the ELCA : the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America / Gemechis Buba -- Appendix 4. African Christianity and the neo-diaspora : a call for cross-cultural pastoral care approach and its challenges / Elieshi A. Mungure.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The anatomy of reverse flow in African Christianity : Pentecostalism and immigrant African Christianity / Ogbu U Kalu -- Discourses on migration as migratory discourses : diasporic identities and the quest for analytical categories / Klaus Hock -- Traversing the United Kingdom of God : the transnationalisation of the New African religious diaspora / Afe Adogame -- "On mission abroad" : Ghana's Church of Pentecost and its USA missions / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu -- Dynamism and challenges among Ghanaian Methodists in the Washington DC (USA) metroplex / Casely B. Essamuah -- Philadelphia to Ghana, Ghana to Philadelphia : transnational flows of faith healing Christianity and the Africanisation of the First Century Gospel Church, New Jersey / Adam Mohr -- An exploration into the religious life of Eritrean immigrants in the United States of America / Tekle Woldemikael and Mesghina G. Medhin -- "Driving the spirit" from Africa to Minnesota : Lutheran music in the African diaspora / Allison Adrian -- Contributions of African Christian churches to the integration of immigrants in Alberta (Canada) / Paulin Mulatris -- A comparison of the integration experiences of two African immigrant populations in a rural community / Dianna J. Shandy and Katherine Fennelly -- Separated at birth : America's new Africans and the African American community / Jehu J. Hanciles -- The new immigration and the old : the context of African Christian immigration to the USA / Mark Granquist -- The African Christian diaspora in Europe : the Atlantic difference / Gerrie ter Haar -- African Pentecostal churches in Britain : the case of the Redeemed Christian Church of God / R.H. Burgess -- African-led Pentecostalism in 21st century Ireland : a historical and substantive analysis / Abel Ugba -- African Roman Catholic missionary networks between Africa and Europe / Katrin Langewiesche -- "Prepare the way of the Lord..." : the role of sermons in churches of African origin in Germany / Benjamin Simon -- "Ever generous Lord, how can I praise you?" : the Ghanaian gospel boom in Hamburg / Erika Eichholzer --

"How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?" : African diaspora Christianity as space and place of imagination / Kenneth Mtata -- "Just like Joseph in the Bible" : the Liberian Christian presence in Minnesota / Frieder Ludwig -- Transnational Nuer churches : bringing development to the homeland and morals to the US / Christiane Falge -- Towards a theology of migration / Andrew F. Walls -- Appendix 1. Interview with Bongani Mazibuko : the Centre for Black and White Christian Partnership in Birmingham, United Kingdom / Frieder Ludwig -- Appendix 2. African Theological Training in Germany (ATTiG) : a study program of the Academy of Mission for, and with African migrant-church leaders in Northern Germany / Werner Kahl -- Appendix 3. African National Ministries in the ELCA : the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America / Gemechis Buba -- Appendix 4. African Christianity and the neo-diaspora : a call for cross-cultural pastoral care approach and its challenges / Elieshi A. Mungure.

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