Churches, Blackness, and Contested Multiculturalism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • R. Drew Smith, William Ackah

      Pages 1-8

3. Foundational Dimensions of Nascent Twentieth-Century Multiculturalisms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Anti-Black Problematics in Imperial and Contemporary British Christianity

      • Anthony G. Reddie

      Pages 11-30

   3. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Multiculturalisms and Black Christianities in Canada

      • Carol B. Duncan

      Pages 31-46

   4. The Changing Roles of Women in the Church: A Case Study of Women in Calabar, Nigeria, 1900–2000

      • Ekwutosi Essien Offiong

      Pages 47-56

   5. William Stuart Nelson and the Interfaith Origins of the Civil Rights Movement

      • Dennis C. Dickerson

      Pages 57-72

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

5. Resistant Blackness, Persistent Poverty, and Hesitant Multiculturalisms

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191

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   2. London’s Burning: Riots, Gangs, and Moral Formation of Young People

      • R. David Muir

      Pages 193-205

   3. Life-Giving Assets at a Johannesburg Informal Settlement: Black Faith and the False Gods of Multiculturalism in the Twenty-First Century

      • Vuyani S. Vellem

      Pages 207-215

   4. Inspired Hymns as a Belief System in the Kimbanguist Church: A Revelation of the Meanings of Blackness

      • Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot

      Pages 217-233

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.

• Multiculturalism
• Churches
• Political activism
• Youth resistance
• Africa
• United States
• Canada
• Europe
• Diversity
• Blackness
• Christianity
• culture
• gender
• identity
• women

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

Policies and ethics