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This book uses case studies of the Congolese Christian diaspora in
the UK and US to explore the making of religious spaces and
transnational networks in an era of globalisation. Religion is a
key aspect of the community, social and political life of Congolese
migrants. Despite their academic and policy relevance in terms of
displacement and diaspora formation processes, Congolese migrant
communities have been scantily researched. Religion, Migration and
Globalization analyses the social meaning of this religious
presence and territorialisation in a context of economic and
socio-spatial marginalisation for Congolese migrants. These
migrants who had (and for some, still have) to address the
predicaments of displacement, relocation and the status of being 'a
minority within a minority', as Francophone black African migrants
in English-speaking countries. Drawing on extensive ethnographic
data, David Garbin captures the nuances of a complex and changing
social and religious landscape in an era of globalisation and
migration.
This is the first book to explore how religious movements and
actors shape and are shaped by aspects of global city dynamics.
Theoretically grounded and empirically informed, Religion and the
Global City advances discussions in the field of urban religion,
and establishes future research directions. David Garbin and Anna
Strhan bring together a wealth of ethnographically rich and vivid
case studies in a diversity of urban settings, in both Global North
and Global South contexts. These case studies are drawn from both
'classical' global cities such as London and Paris, and also from
large cosmopolitan metropolises - such as Bangalore, Rio de
Janeiro, Lagos, Singapore and Hong Kong - which all constitute, in
their own terms, powerful sites within the informational, cultural
and moral networked economies of contemporary globalization. The
chapters explore some of the most pressing issues of our times:
globalization and the role of global neo-liberal regimes; urban
change and in particular the dramatic urbanization of Global South
countries; and religious politics and religious revivalism
associated, for instance, with transnational Islam or global
Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity.
This is the first book to explore how religious movements and
actors shape and are shaped by aspects of global city dynamics.
Theoretically grounded and empirically informed, Religion and the
Global City advances discussions in the field of urban religion,
and establishes future research directions. David Garbin and Anna
Strhan bring together a wealth of ethnographically rich and vivid
case studies in a diversity of urban settings, in both Global North
and Global South contexts. These case studies are drawn from both
'classical' global cities such as London and Paris, and also from
large cosmopolitan metropolises - such as Bangalore, Rio de
Janeiro, Lagos, Singapore and Hong Kong - which all constitute, in
their own terms, powerful sites within the informational, cultural
and moral networked economies of contemporary globalization. The
chapters explore some of the most pressing issues of our times:
globalization and the role of global neo-liberal regimes; urban
change and in particular the dramatic urbanization of Global South
countries; and religious politics and religious revivalism
associated, for instance, with transnational Islam or global
Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity.
How do urbanization and development intersect with religious
dynamics to shape contemporary African cityscapes? To answer this
timely question, contributors from across Europe, North America and
Africa are brought together to explore mega-cities including Lagos,
Cape Town, Dar es Salaam and Kinshasa as powerful venues for the
creation and implementation of religious models of urbanization and
development. This book interrogates how religious socio-spatial
models and strategies engage with challenges of infrastructural
development, urban social cohesion, inequalities and inclusion.
Chapters explore how faith-based practices of urban and
infrastructural development link moral subjectivities with
individual and wider aspirations for modernization, change,
deliverance and prosperity. The volume brings together
ethnographically rich and theoretically grounded case studies of
religious urbanization across the African continent. It advances
discussions of the ambivalent role of urban religion in development
and documents the complex, multifaceted socio-cultural and
political dynamics associated with religious urbanization in
Africa.
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