African Immigrant Religions in America

Index

Aaron, Deacon, 287–304 Abdullah, Zain, 205n. 12 Aboagye-Mensah, the Most Reverend Dr., 249 Abortion, 296–302 Achaber (vocal style), 214 Ackah-Baidoo, Apostle Abigail, 249, 257 Activist civil society, 81 Adams, P. C., 258 Adeboye, the Reverend Enoch, 289 Adejobi, Primate Adeleke, 164–168, 174, 181 Adejobi, the Reverend Mother Superior Olive, 167, 174 Adelaja, Sunday, 289 Adogame, A., 60fn, 238, 255, 256, 305 African: drums, 177, 241; ethnic and national diversity, 33; faith practitioner, 160; heritage, 204; hierarchies, 110 African, indigenous: religion, 31, 32, 269; 325; religious beliefs, 279; traditional values, 40 African American, 5, 35, 160, 179, 187, 193, 197–203, 288; Christian communities, 28; Christianity, 15, 47, 51–53; churches, 23, 51, 146, 156n. 262; communities 27; culture, 35, 36; folk culture , 51; mission to Africa, 53; Muslim, 187, 201, 202; patriarchal power, 146; politicians, 11; religion, 52; religious bodies, 57; religious research, 34; stereotypes, 6; African and African American Christianity, 51 African and African Diaspora religion, 335 African charismatic churches, 94 African chiefs and diviners, 38 African Christian(s), 94, 134, 141; church, 301; community, communities , 8, 20, 141; Diaspora, 162, 180, 256; in Europe, 106; family, 153; immigrants, 279; leaders, 16; movements , 8; traditional beliefs and values , 141 African Christianity, 1, 15, 56, 95 African church, 162, 287, 298: historiography , 92; of the Holy Spirit, 103; of Israel Nineveh, 103; leaders in Europe, 95 African churches: 31, 33, 89, 102, 140, 144, 153, 238, 241; cultural milieu, 89; in Europe, 95 African community, 144 African cultural expression, 284; cultural identity, 33; cultural traditions, 31; culture, 293 African Diaspora, 33, 106, 158, 160, 204, 238, 250, 261; diasporic communities , 331; and immigrant faith-based organizations, 33; studies, 34 African immigrant(s): 36, 42, 183, 184, 196–203, 253–261, 290–302; African-born, 1, 2, 28; Christianity, 279, 282; Christians, 300, 301; churches, 37, 51, 58, 92, 133, 134, 173, 179, 198, 283–287, 300, 335; Index 339 African immigrant(s) (continued): communities, 28, 32, 42, 290, 328, 331; congregations, 49, 58, 107; denominations, 48, 52; Diaspora, 33; groups, 42; homes, 138; household, 134; gender division of labor in household, 134; identities, 328; religious communities, 27, 33, 41, 146; religious experience and expression, 27; religious groups, 30; religious institutions, 43; transforming submission into power, 150; women, 17, 154; women and divine power, 148; “women’s work,” 137; women working in nursing profession, 136. See also African Initiated Churches (AIC) African immigrant evangelical churches, 133–154; community values , 145; cultural practices, 141; gender hierarchies, 146; gender relations, 139–154; patriarchal values , 140–147; social relations, 147 African immigrant religion, 28, 44, 160–163, 176, 177, 135 African Immigrant Religious Communities Project, 1, 3, 30–32, 134–135, at U.C. Davis, 134 African Initiated Churches (AIC), 12, 16, 31, 56, 102–129, 282; Christ Apostolic Church, 92; Celestial Church of Christ, 92; Cherubim and Seraphim, 92; Church of the Lord, 92; in the Diaspora, 108; African Initiated Churches, streams of: Ethiopian, 56; Zionist, 56; Aladura, 56; Roho, 57 African Islam, 1; mosque, 184, 185; Islamic traditions, 31 African Methodist Episcopal Church, 54, 57 African Ministers Association, 43 African Muslim(s), 189, 192, 194, 203, 306; communities, 6, 18, 308; immigrants , 10 African Orthodox Church, 50, 55 African pentecostal and charismatic churches, 8, 11, 31, 283; gender hierarchies , 140–152; women, 150 African prophetic and visionary leaders , 31 African refugees in the U.S., 28 African religion, 208; and philosophy, 259 African religious communities, 8, 13, 30, 44, 48, 207, 326; leaders of, in the U.S., 135 African religious congregations, 11, 29 159; religious experience(s) 30, 95; religious groups, 30; historiography, 57; history, 56–58; organizations, 34; practices, 44, 158 African religious retentions in the New World, 95 African shrines and indigenous institutions , 39 African spirituality, 277; spiritual sensibilities , 95; theology, 29; traditional religions, 50, 51 African United Methodist Church (AUMC), 39 African-based denominations, 48 African-born population in U.S., 44n. 1 African-Canadians, 249 African-instituted churches, 51, 163, 166, 180, 285, 336 Africanist scholars, 207 Afro-Caribbean: decolonization, 51; immigrants, 50; Muslim, 186, 190, 204 Afro-Cuban religion, 37 Agbebi, Mojola, 76 AIDS epidemic, 42; in Africa, 331 Akan proverb, 277 340 Index Akande, Laolu, 304 Akinola, Archbishop Peter (Nigeria), 16; and U.S. churches, 93 Akrong, Abraham, 180–181n. 12 Aksumite Empire, 212 Akunor, the Reverend, 249 Akyeampong, Emmanuel, 103 Aladura Christianity, 93; churches, 92–95, 103...