African immigrant religions in America / edited by Jacob K. Olupona and Regina Gemignani.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Communities of believers : exploring African immigrant religion in the United States / Jacob K. Olupona -- African immigrant churches in the United States and the study of Black church history / David D. Daniels -- The Andrew syndrome : models in understanding Nigerian diaspora / Ogbu M. Kalu -- Non-Western Christianity in the Western world : African immigrant churches in the diaspora / Akintunde Akinade -- Portable faith : the global mission of African initiated churches / Elias Bongmba -- Gender, identity, and power in African immigrant Evangelical churches / Regina Gemignani -- Gender and change in an African immigrant church : an anthropologist and a (former) prophetess reflect / Deidre Helen Crumbley and Gloria Malake Cline-Smythe -- West African Muslims in America : when are Muslims not Muslims? / Linda Beck -- African religious beliefs and practices in diaspora : an ethnographic observation of activities at an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian church in Los Angeles / Worku Nida -- Transnationalism, religion, and the African diaspora in Canada : an examination of Ghanaians and Ghanaian churches / Wisdom J. Tettey -- Singing the Lord's song in a foreign land : spirituality, communality, and identity in a Ghanaian immigrant congregation / Moses Biney -- African immigrant churches and the new Christian Right / Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome -- African Muslims in the United States : the Nigerian case / Yushau Sodiq -- Conclusion / Jacob K. Olupona and Regina Gemignani.