The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora

Download or read book The Public Face of African New Religious Movements in Diaspora written by Dr Afe Adogame and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides new theoretical and methodological insights for understanding and interpreting ANRMs and African-derived religions in diaspora. Contributors focus on groups and movements drawn from Christian, Islamic, Jewish and African-derived religious movements and explore their provenance and patterns of emergence, their belief systems and ritual practices. The book offers new insights into how ANRMs can be better defined, approached, and interpreted by scholars, policy makers and media practitioners alike.