Open Advanced Search

Log in
Enterprise Plans
Sign Up

Log in
Sign Up
Enterprise Plans
Browse
Features
Pricing

DeepDyve

Advanced Search

show/hide query preview

With all of the words or DOIs:

DeepDyve's default query mode: search by keyword or DOI.

With the exact phrase:

Require these words, in this exact order. Do not surround your terms in double-quotes ("") in this field.

With at least one of the words:

Find any of these words, separated by spaces

Without the words:

Exclude each of these words, separated by spaces

With words in the article title:

Search for these terms only in the title of an article

Published between the years:

With the following authors:

Most effective as: LastName, First Name or Lastname, FN

With words in the journal name:

Search for articles published in journals where these words are in the journal name

Reset filters

Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

DeepDyve requires Javascript to function. Please enable Javascript on your browser to continue.

Churches, Blackness, and Contested Multiculturalism

Part of the Black Religion / Womanist Thought / Social Justice Book Series

Editors: Smith, R. Drew; Ackah, William; Reddie, Anthony G.

DOI: 10.1057/9781137386380

ISBN: 978-1-349-48934-3

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Nov 5, 2015

1 - 10 of 18 Chapters

LitStream

Introduction

Smith, R. Drew; Ackah, William

Pages: 1 –8

[Christian voice and identity within multicultural Western contexts and in globalizing African contexts have become complicated by the increasing plurality of voices and identities occupying these landscapes. Christianity’s numerical, cultural, and political predominance within Europe, North...
LitStream

Anti-Black Problematics in Imperial and Contemporary British Christianity

Reddie, Anthony G.

Pages: 11 –30

[The anti-black problematic of Christianity in Britain,1 and also across the contours of the African Diaspora, arises from the realization that this phenomenon has had a long and interpenetrating relationship with colonialism and empire. I write this chapter as a child of Caribbean migrants, who...
LitStream

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Multiculturalisms and Black Christianities in Canada

Duncan, Carol B.

Pages: 31 –46

[Questions of religious identity, religious community, and nationalism have involved people of African descent in what is now Canada either in their explicit omission or inclusion from the earliest colonial times to the present day. Rather than situated somewhere betwixt and between E nglish and...
LitStream

The Changing Roles of Women in the Church: A Case Study of Women in Calabar, Nigeria, 1900–2000

Offiong, Ekwutosi Essien

Pages: 47 –56

[Women have been instrumental in the development of Christianity in Africa although, unfortunately, the significance of what they have contributed has not been adequately recognized by either the church or wider society. This study aims to assist in rectifying this situation by bringing to the...
LitStream

William Stuart Nelson and the Interfaith Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

Dickerson, Dennis C.

Pages: 57 –72

[William Stuart Nelson (1895–1977), dean of the School of Religion and later vice president of Howard University, became a preeminent scholar of Gandhian satyagraha. He interacted with the Indian leader during a sabbatical on the Asian subcontinent in 1946–1947. Since the American Friends Service...
LitStream

The Significance of Multicultural Churches in Britain: A Case Study of Crofton Park Baptist Church

Olofinjana, Israel Oluwole

Pages: 75 –85

[In this chapter, consideration will be given to the rise of multicultural Britain. Was the Windrush generation (the postwar pioneers that came to the country from the Caribbean in 1948) the beginnings of multiracial Britain? Attention will also be given to the history and growth of Black...
LitStream

Churches, Multiculturalism, and Justice in Canada: An Anglican Perspective

Hinds, Sonia

Pages: 87 –101

[In the Anglican Communion, the legacy of colonialism touches the lives of worshippers in sometimes surprising ways in a multicultural setting. Like all Christians, they are called to hospitality. Yet, this is not an easy matter, for welcoming the other who happens to be also Anglican in Canada...
LitStream

The Changing Demographics of Global Christianity: The Case of West African Immigrants within the Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference in the Mennonite Church, United States

Fatunmbi, Olufemi A.

Pages: 103 –114

[Over the last 70 years, the Mennonite Church (an historic migratory movement itself) has been transformed from a North American and Western European ethnic clan (of Russian, Dutch, Swiss, and German ethnicities), to a truly global family.1 Today, close to 1,500,000 believers belong to this faith...
LitStream

Balancing Christianity, Culture, and Race: African Pentecostals in Italy

Butticci, Annalisa

Pages: 115 –132

[This work profiles Ghanaian and Nigerian Pentecostal churches in Italy and puts in conversation race and religion in a country where whiteness and Catholicism are the markers defining the Italian nationstate. In introducing the current development of African migrations to Italy and the social...
LitStream

Identity and Ecumenical Partnership of Churches of African Origin in Germany

Simon, Benjamin

Pages: 133 –144

[Since the 1970s what can be described as a minor nonviolent revolution has been taking place in Germany. This revolution is faith based and has been occurring as a result of the tremendous upsurge in the numbers of Africans migrating to the country. This chapter explores this phenomenon and...

results per page

Browse All eBooks

Features

Search and discover articles on DeepDyve, PubMed, and Google Scholar
Read the full-text of open access and premium content
Organize articles with folders and bookmarks
Collaborate on and share articles and folders

Info

Pricing
Enterprise Plans
Browse Journals & Topics
About DeepDyve

Help

Help
Publishers
Contact Us

Sign up for your DeepDyve account now!

Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.

System error. Please try again!

Continue with Facebook

By signing up, you agree to DeepDyve’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Already have an account? Log in

Save Article to Bookmarks

Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.

To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.

Subscribe to Journal Email Alerts

To subscribe to email alerts, please log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.

Follow a Journal

To get new article updates from a journal on your personalized homepage, please log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.

Our policy towards the use of cookies

All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.

cookie policy