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Pilgrims in the Port: The Identity of Migrant Christian Communities in Rotterdam

Pilgrims in the Port: The Identity of Migrant Christian Communities in Rotterdam

Hardcover

Series: Studien Zur Interkulturellen Geschichte Des Christentums / E, Book 165

Religion General General Christianity

ISBN10: 3631782632
ISBN13: 9783631782637
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Dec 17 2019
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This publication investigates new ways of understanding international churches. Based upon recent fieldwork, six migrant Christian communities in Rotterdam were analysed using congregational study methods on how they construct identity. Through the frames of 'koinonia', 'diakonia' and 'kerygma', this research reflects on their composition, characteristics, leadership style, language and social capital. Language is found to be an important shaper or 'carrier' of identity and acts both as badge and bridge of identity. In building identity, MCCs do not behave in ways expected or consistent with the process of integration.

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