عنوان

Up, Up Jesus! Down, Down Satan! African Religiosity in the former Soviet Bloc - the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations

شماره

LA110435

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Up, Up Jesus! Down, Down Satan! African Religiosity in the former Soviet Bloc - the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Afe Adogame

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

African religions are increasingly engaging the diaspora as new abodes and promising 'mission fields' particularly in the last decades. At least two genres of Christian movements can be clearly mapped: those existing as branches of mother churches headquartered in Africa; and those founded by new African immigrants with headquarters in diaspora, from where they are expanding within and back to Africa and elsewhere. The paper deals with an example of the second category, the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations founded in Ukraine by Nigerian-born Sunday Adelaja. While virtually all new African churches in diaspora seem to be dominated by African immigrants, the 'Embassy of God' is an exception with a non-African membership majority. We map its demography and social-ethnic composition, and examine to what extent their belief and ritual system appeal to a population that was until recently home to essentially communist ideas and worldview. We explore how the church is gradually inserting itself in new geo-cultural contexts as well as reconfiguring public roles. It shows how the leader's complex peregrinations demonstrate one instance of religious transnationalization of African churches in diaspora. African religions are increasingly engaging the diaspora as new abodes and promising 'mission fields' particularly in the last decades. At least two genres of Christian movements can be clearly mapped: those existing as branches of mother churches headquartered in Africa; and those founded by new African immigrants with headquarters in diaspora, from where they are expanding within and back to Africa and elsewhere. The paper deals with an example of the second category, the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for All Nations founded in Ukraine by Nigerian-born Sunday Adelaja. While virtually all new African churches in diaspora seem to be dominated by African immigrants, the 'Embassy of God' is an exception with a non-African membership majority. We map its demography and social-ethnic composition, and examine to what extent their belief and ritual system appeal to a population that was until recently home to essentially communist ideas and worldview. We explore how the church is gradually inserting itself in new geo-cultural contexts as well as reconfiguring public roles. It shows how the leader's complex peregrinations demonstrate one instance of religious transnationalization of African churches in diaspora.

تاريخ نشر

2008

توصيف ظاهري

310-336

عنوان

Exchange

شماره جلد

37/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1572-543X

اصطلاح موضوعی

AFRICAN CHURCHES

اصطلاح موضوعی

DIASPORA

اصطلاح موضوعی

MIGRATION

اصطلاح موضوعی

REVERSE MISSION

اصطلاح موضوعی

TRANSNATIONALIZATION

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Afe Adogame

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157254308X312009

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y