Churches, Blackness, and Contested Multiculturalism: Europe, Africa, and North America

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Anti-Black Problematics in Imperial and Contemporary British Christianity....Pages 11-30
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Multiculturalisms and Black Christianities in Canada....Pages 31-46
The Changing Roles of Women in the Church: A Case Study of Women in Calabar, Nigeria, 1900–2000....Pages 47-56
William Stuart Nelson and the Interfaith Origins of the Civil Rights Movement....Pages 57-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
The Significance of Multicultural Churches in Britain: A Case Study of Crofton Park Baptist Church....Pages 75-85
Churches, Multiculturalism, and Justice in Canada: An Anglican Perspective....Pages 87-101
The Changing Demographics of Global Christianity: The Case of West African Immigrants within the Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference in the Mennonite Church, United States....Pages 103-114
Balancing Christianity, Culture, and Race: African Pentecostals in Italy....Pages 115-132
Identity and Ecumenical Partnership of Churches of African Origin in Germany....Pages 133-144
Ministry as Bridge Building: Facilitating Culturally Diverse Faith Communities in South Africa....Pages 145-156
The Language of “Diversity” in Reconstructing Whiteness in the Dutch Reformed Church....Pages 157-170
A Multicultural Theology of Difference: A Practical Theological Perspective....Pages 171-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
London’s Burning: Riots, Gangs, and Moral Formation of Young People....Pages 193-205
Life-Giving Assets at a Johannesburg Informal Settlement: Black Faith and the False Gods of Multiculturalism in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 207-215
Inspired Hymns as a Belief System in the Kimbanguist Church: A Revelation of the Meanings of Blackness....Pages 217-233
Whose Black Church? Voices of Oppression and Resistance in Response to the Murder of a “Gay” Black Teenager....Pages 235-249
Black Churches, Moral Panic, and the Empowerment of Black Youth in the Era of Hip-Hop....Pages 251-264
Back Matter....Pages 265-294