Pilgrims in the port : the identity of migrant Christian communities in Rotterdam
"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... Mehr ...
| Weitere Titel: | La route de la laine dans le Eurégio Meuse-Rhin De wolroute in de Euregio Maas-Rijn Aachen, Eupen, Euskirchen, Monschau, Vaals, Verviers |
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| Verantwortlichkeit: | Robert Alasdair Calvert |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
| Reihe: | Studien zur interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums, vol. 165 |
| Verlag/Hrsg.: |
Berlin,
Peter Lang
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| Schlagwörter: | Rotterdam / Globalisierung / Einwanderung / Kirchengemeinde / Internationalität / Identität / Soziale Integration / Ausländerseelsorge / Kirchliche Sozialarbeit |
| Sprache: | Deutsch |
| ISBN: | 9783631782637 |
| Inhaltsverzeichnis: | http://digitale-objekte.hbz-nrw.de/storage2/2020/03/12/file_18/8840146.pdf |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/almaULB-991029170429706449 |
| URL: | http://digitale-objekte.hbz-nrw.de/storage2/2020/03/12/file_18/8840146.pdf |
| Datenquelle: | Benelux-Katalog ULB Münster; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | ULB Münster |
"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"--