“Spiritually Dynamic but Ecclesially Deviant”: African Immigrant Christianity and New Ecumenical Terrain in the West
This article argues that the presence of African immigrant Christianity in the West presents a critical, yet largely overlooked and unexplored arena for exploring ecumenical relations. The article draws on research among African immigrant Mennonites in the US and contends that their presence in home...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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International bulletin of mission research
Year: 2023, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 231-250 |
| Further subjects: | B
non-Western missionary movement
B ecumenical relations B African immigrant Christianity B Mennonite |
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| Summary: | This article argues that the presence of African immigrant Christianity in the West presents a critical, yet largely overlooked and unexplored arena for exploring ecumenical relations. The article draws on research among African immigrant Mennonites in the US and contends that their presence in homegrown Mennonite spaces poses unprecedented challenges and opportunities to the potential for shared ecclesial life. The article identifies and assesses several key challenges and areas of misalignment and argues that from the African immigrant perspective, the encounter with homegrown Christianity proves to be one of its formidable and intractable ecclesial challenges. |
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| ISSN: | 2396-9407 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International bulletin of mission research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/23969393221138342 |