Strangers and sojourners
Subtitle: religious communities in the diaspora
By: Gerrie ter Haar, (editor).
Contributors: Haar, Gerrie ter.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Leuven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Religion and culture.; Strangers -- Religious aspects.; Religious communities.; Immigrants -- Religious life.; African diaspora.; Jewish diaspora.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Strangers and sojourners : an introduction / Gerrie ter Haar; title: The ancient Jewish diaspora : some linguistic and sociological observations / Johannes Tromp; title: The African diaspora in Europe : some important themes and issues / Gerrie ter Haar; title: Near Eastern communities in the diaspora before 587 BCE / Karel van der Toorn; title: The Palmyrene diaspora in East and West : a Syrian community in the diaspora in the Roman period / Lucinda Dirven; title: Sustaining 'little Indias' : Hindu diasporas in Europe / Martin Baumann; title: The circumcision of Muslim boys in the Netherlands : how change occurs in a diaspora / Nathal Dessing; title: African Christians in the Netherlands / Gerrie ter Haar; title: Black Christianity in Britain / Patrick Kalilombe; title: The francophone presence in Britain revisited : an analytical approach to French-speaking African congregations in Greater London / John Beya; title: And how can I sing the Lord's song in a strange land? : a reinterpretation of the religious experience of women of the African diaspora in Europe with special reference to Germany / Amélé Adamavi-Aho Ekué.