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| Foreword | |
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| Map | |
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| Prologue | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Not with Paper | |
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| A Changing and Moving Church | |
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| Looking Ahead | |
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| Born Again in the City: African Churches and Global New York | |
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| Faith at a Global Crossroads | |
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| Faith Across Borders | |
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| Types and Terms | |
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| Out of Ethiopia | |
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| Catholic Communities | |
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| Protestant Churches | |
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| African Independent Churches | |
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| Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches | |
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| Francophone Churches | |
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| Liberian Churches on Staten Island | |
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| Headquarter Operations | |
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| The One and the Many | |
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| Global Faith, Global City | |
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| Conclusion: Born Again in New York City | |
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| Formations | |
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| Pastors at Work: Building Community across Borders | |
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| Introduction: Job Description | |
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| Religious Biography and Formation | |
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| Rev. Yaw Asiedu | |
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| Mother Marie Cooper | |
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| Pastor Nimi Wariboko | |
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| Routes to Ministry | |
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| Imagining Salvation | |
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| Domains of Pastoral Practice | |
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| Spiritual Directors | |
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| Agents of Healing | |
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| Institution Builders | |
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| Cultural Intermediaries | |
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| The Workers Are Many | |
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| Conclusion: Building Visions | |
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| Liturgy and Life: Three Churches in Two Worlds | |
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| Introduction: A Church for Life | |
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| Membership Has Its Privileges: The Presbyterian Church of Ghana | |
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| A House of Prayer: The Church of the Lord (Aladura) | |
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| Do Something New in My Life: The Redeemed Christian Church of God International Chapel, Brooklyn | |
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| Globalizing Faith | |
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| Globalization Is Multi-Faceted | |
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| Globalization Is Networks | |
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| Globalization Is Organizational | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Engagements | |
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| Praying Bodies: God and Everyday Life | |
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| Introduction: Learning to Pray | |
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| Praying Communities | |
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| Strong and Spiritual Prayers | |
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| Sermons with God | |
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| Prayer without Ceasing | |
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| Prayer Through the Night | |
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| Tarry | |
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| Night Vigil | |
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| All-Night Revival | |
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| Praying in the Spirit | |
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| Prayer with Fasting | |
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| Prayer and the Material | |
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| Conclusion: Power in the City | |
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| Reading in Motion: Scripture and the Performance of Faith | |
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| Introduction: The Subway Test | |
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| Living in the World Imagined by Scripture | |
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| Reading in Community | |
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| Biblical Texts and Identity | |
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| Preaching for Life | |
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| Words with Power | |
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| Conclusion: The Word Abides | |
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| Witnesses in the City: Dynamics of a New Missionary Movement | |
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| Introduction: New Patterns | |
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| A Global Vision | |
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| Three Mission Strategies | |
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| Mission as Member Care | |
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| Mission as Intercession | |
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| Mission as Church Planting | |
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| Mission and the Charismatic Powers of Life | |
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| Mission as a Way of Life | |
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| Mission Back to Africa | |
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| Conclusion: Mission in the Way of Christ | |
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| Directions | |
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| Moveable Pilgrimages: Relocating Sacred Geographies | |
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| Introduction | |
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| �Let Somebody Shout Hallelujah� | |
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| �Let Us Walk in the Light of the Lord� | |
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| �We are on Mount Tabborrar� | |
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| Conclusion: Moving Expectation | |
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| Handing off: Faith in the Second Generation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| It Takes a Church | |
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| Children of the Lord | |
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| Sons and Daughters of Pentecost | |
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| Conclusion: Conversion and Community | |
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| Conclusion: Giving and Receiving | |
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| Crossing Over | |
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| Living Faith | |
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| Catholicity in the City | |
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| Gifts and Challenges | |
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| The Word Made Global | |
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| Epilogue: The Word Keeps Moving | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Where the Spirit of God Is: Notes on Ethnography and Theology | |
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| Survey Data on African Churches in New York City | |
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| Sources | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Focus Groups | |
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| Books and Articles | |
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| Personal Communication | |
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| Printed Church Materials | |
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| Newspapers | |
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| Church Web Sites | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |