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Religion plays a major part of the migrant experience. In some instances, religion become a solace for those marginalised through the often encumbered migration processes and among others, an agent and agency of integration into the larger host society. In this book, you'll discover from a sociological and theological perspective the approaches of migrants towards state policy - a 'bottom up approach'; and the church's role as a facilitator of the process of integration of African migrants in Britain. It leads the reader to explore the socio-cultural interface of indigenous African beliefs and praxes in the settled communities as footprints to the future state of the African migrant churches in Britain. This book incorporates into social analysis the insider-oriented attempt to understand the reality of African migrants' worldview. Bernard has created an illuminating text to understand the experiences and organisation of migrants groups as transnational entities with a transformative agenda beyond their perceived limitations.

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Bernard Appiah presents the academic world with this important, insider study of the experiences of African migrants in the Global North, taken from a sociological and theological perspective. The difficulties encountered integrating into societies is the western world, and the mechanisms used to cope with these difficulties are addressed--in particular, how the migrant 'ethnic' church becomes a vital facilitator of the integration process. This is absolutely necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the role of religion in the migrant experience. Allan H. Anderson, Emeritus Professor of Mission and Pentecostal Studies, University of Birmingham, UK

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