Christianity in Africa and the African diaspora : the appropriation of a scattered heritage

Abstract

Prologue: Welcome Speech, Dominique Kounkou Introduction, Afe Adogame, Roswith Gerloff and Klaus Hock Part I: Historical Developments 1. Political or Spiritual Partition: The Impact of the 1884/85 Berlin Conference on Christian Missions in Africa, Olayemi Akinwumi 2. Ecclesiastical Cartography and the Invisible Continent, Jonathan Bonk 3. Colonization in Africa: The Local and Global Implications for Christianity in Contemporary Nigeria, Deji Ayegboyin 4. The Role of the Churches in the Struggle for Liberation in Southern Africa: A Thematic Survey, Ezra Chitando 5. Imperial War-Zones and Frontiers of Conversion, Andreas Heuser 6. Trans-National Religious Networks and Indigenous Pentecostal Missionary Enterprises in the West African Coastal Region, Matthews Ojo 7. The Role of Charismatic Christianity in Reshaping the Religious Scene in Africa: The Case of Kenya, Philomena Mwaura 8. 'I will put my breath in you, and you will come to life': Charismatic Renewal in Ghanaian Mainline Churches and its Implications for African 'Diasporean' Christianity, Asamoah-Gyadu Kwabena 9. Who do they think they are? Mental Images and the Unfolding of an African Diaspora in Germany, Afe Adogame 10. '... the land which the LORD your God giveth you': Two churches founded by African migrants in Oststadt, Germany, Evangelos Kariagannis and Nina Glick-Schiller Part II: Socio-Political, Cultural and Gender Dynamics 11. Religion on the Move: Transcultural Perspectives. Discourses on Diaspora Religion between Category Formation and the Quest for Religious Identity, Klaus Hock 12. Colonial Politicisation of Religion: Residual Effects on the Ministry of African-led Churches in Britain, Dapo Asaju 13. The Empire Fights Back - The Invention of African Anglicanism, Kevin Ward 14. Kimbaguism as a Migrants' Religion in Europe, Aurelien Mokoko Gampiot 15. Paradigmatic Shift: Reconstruction of Female Leadership Roles in the New Generation Churches in South Western Nigeria, Bolaji Bateye 16. From Holy Ground to Virtual Reality: Aladura Gender Practices in Cyberspace - An African Diaspora Perspective, Deidre Crumbley. 17. Petticoat Partition or Faith-full Friendship? Motives and Outcomes of British Women's Immigration to Africa from the Scramble to the Present, Deborah Gaitskell Part III: Missiological Perspectives 18. Deconstructing Colonial Mission - New Missiological Perspectives in African Christianity, Abraham Akrong 19. HIV / AIDS Discourse and the Quest for a Rebirth in Africa: A Theological Perspective, Nico Botha 20. Churches of the Spirit: The Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement and Africa's Contribution to the Renewal of Christianity, Roswith Gerloff 21. Elements of African Religious Spiritual Practices in African American Worship: Resounding Practical Theological Implications, Antipas Harris 22. Baptists in Africa: A Missionary Church in Action, Richard Pierard 23. The Implication of Mission from a Black Seventh-day Adventist Perspective, with reference to Britain, the Caribbean and Africa, Herbert Griffiths 24. An Ecumenical Challenge at the beginning of the 21st Century: Koinonia vs. Convivence, Benjamin Simon 25. The Position of African Christians in the Netherlands, Alle Hoekema 26. The 'Program for Cooperation between German and Foreign Language Churches' and African Churches in the Rhein-Ruhr-Region - Developments from 1999, Ursula Harfst.