The public face of African new religious movements in diaspora imagining the religious 'other'
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| Sprache: | English |
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Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington
Ashgate
[2014]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Ashgate Inform series on minority religions and spiritual movements
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Discourse about 'Africa' in Religious Communities in Brazil; 2 Irrecha; 3 Self-Representation by Black Majority Christianity in Britain; 4 The Transnational Dynamics of Black Jews in France; 5 'Take Over Asia for God!'; 6 Uncovering an Alternative Story; 7 Juggling Multiple Identities to Overcome Minority Status; 8 'Living by the Spirit'; 9 'Penetrating the Unseen'; 10 'The Coca-Cola of Churches Arrives'; 11 Nigerian Pentecostals in Britain; 12 Public Perception of Witchcraft Accusations, Stereotyping and Child Abuse
- This book provides new theoretical and methodological insights for understanding and interpreting ANRMs and African-derived religions in diaspora. Contributors focus on groups and movements drawn from Christian, Islamic, Jewish and African-derived religious movements and explore their provenance and patterns of emergence, their belief systems and ritual practices. The book offers new insights into how ANRMs can be better defined, approached, and interpreted by scholars, policy makers and media practitioners alike