West Indian Pentecostals: Living Their Faith in New York and London

by Janice A. McLean-Farrell

Overview

This is a significant in-depth study that explores the cultural context of the religious experience of West Indian immigrant communities. Whereas most studies to date have focussed on how immigrants settle in their new home contexts, Janice A. McLean-Farrell argues for a more comprehensive perspective that takes into account the importance of religion and the role of both 'home' and the 'host' contexts in shaping immigrant lives in the Diaspora.

West Indian Pentecostals: Living Their Faith in New York and London explores how these three elements (religion, the 'home' and 'host' contexts) influence the ethnic-religious identification processes of generations of West Indian immigrants. Using case studies from the cities of New York and London, the book offers a critical cross-national comparison into the complex and indirect ways the historical, socio-economic, and political realities in diaspora contribute to both the identification processes and the 'missional' practices of immigrants. Its focus on Pentecostalism also provides a unique opportunity to test existing theories and concepts on the interface of religion and immigration and makes important contributions to the study of Pentecostalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474255806
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	02/11/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	375 KB

About the Author

Janice A. McLean-Farrell is a faculty member and coordinator of the Global New York Church Project at City Seminary of New York, USA. She is co-editor of Understanding World Christianity (2011) and Engaging the World (2014).
Janice A. McLean-Farrell is a faculty member and coordinator of the Global New York Church Project at City Seminary of New York, USA. She is co-editor of Understanding World Christianity (2011) and Engaging the World (2014).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Formation: Ethnic and Religious Identities within the West Indian Context
3. Island Dreams and Diaspora Realities: Migration, Translation and the Formation of West Indian Pentecostal Churches
4. Finding Space: Identification among First-Generation West Indian Immigrants
5. Creating Space: Identity Construction among West Indian Immigrant Youth
6. Led by the Spirit: Mission within West Indian Pentecostal Churches
7. Conclusion: Living their Faith
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"This book's thesis contributes to the wider literature on religion and migration in substantial ways ... McLean-Farrell's gift to readers is a fascinating glimpse into the intergenerational and cross-national religious and ethnic identities of a 'new' black diaspora population. Her work is a timely and valuable contribution to the growing literature on the religious lives of migrants and their descendants, and will be a resource to readers of global Pentecostalism, black spirituality, migration and mission, and the religious lives of the new second generation." - Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review

"McLean-Farrell's gift to readers is a fascinating glimpse into the intergenerational and cross-national religious and ethnic identities of a 'new' black diaspora population. Her work is a timely and valuable contribution to the growing literature on the religious lives of migrants and their descendants, and will be a resource to readers of global Pentecostalism, black spirituality, migration and mission, and the religious lives of the new second generation." - Sociology of Religion

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