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Churches, Blackness, and Contested Multiculturalism

Europe, Africa, and North America

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  1. R. Drew Smith
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  2. William Ackah
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  3. Anthony G. Reddie
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Part of the book series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice (BRWT)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • R. Drew Smith, William Ackah
      Pages 1-8

  4. Expanding Contemporary Diversities and Entrenched Majority Cultures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. The Significance of Multicultural Churches in Britain: A Case Study of Crofton Park Baptist Church

      • Israel Oluwole Olofinjana
      Pages 75-85

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

      • Sonia Hinds
      Pages 87-101

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

      • Olufemi A. Fatunmbi
      Pages 103-114

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

      • Annalisa Butticci
      Pages 115-132

    6. Identity and Ecumenical Partnership of Churches of African Origin in Germany

      • Benjamin Simon
      Pages 133-144

    7. Ministry as Bridge Building: Facilitating Culturally Diverse Faith Communities in South Africa

      • Wessel Bentley
      Pages 145-156

    8. The Language of “Diversity” in Reconstructing Whiteness in the Dutch Reformed Church

      • Cobus van Wyngaard
      Pages 157-170

    9. A Multicultural Theology of Difference: A Practical Theological Perspective

      • Gordon E. Dames
      Pages 171-189
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This volume assesses contemporary church responses to multicultural diversity and resisted categories of social difference, with a central focus on whether or how racial, ethnic, religious, sexual, and gender differences are validated by churches (and especially black churches) torn between competing inclusive and exclusive tendencies.

About the authors

Gayle Baldwin, University of North Dakota, USA Wessel Bentley, University of South Africa Annalisa Butticci, Harvard Divinity School, USA, and Utrecht University, Netherlands Gordon E. Dames, University of South Africa Dennis C. Dickerson, Vanderbilt University, USA Carol B. Duncan, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Olufemi A Fatunmbi, Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference and Mennonite Church, USA Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot, National Centre for Scientific Research, France Sonia Hinds, St. Columba and All Hallows Anglican Church, and University of Toronto, Canada Michael Brandon McCormack, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, USA David Muir, Faith in Britain, London, UK Ekwutosi Essien Offiong, University of Calabar, Nigeria Israel Oluwole Olofinjana, Catford Community Church, UK Benjamin Simon, Church of Baden, Germany

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