Description
While touching briefly on the development of Christianity on the African continent, this course focuses mainly on the Christianity of African immigrants residing in the global North. The course examines: (1) globalizing forces and other social factors contributing to African presence in global North contexts; (2) cross-cultural challenges and opportunities experienced within global North contexts by African immigrant populations and churches; (3) theological, cultural, and socio-political bearings of African immigrant churches; (4) local and transnational networks from which African immigrant churchesmay derive resources and inspiration; (5)the ecclesial, missiological, and socio-cultural impact in-general of African immigrant churches within global North host contexts; and (6) implications of these globalizing patterns for the future of Christianity.