‘Middle-class’ Africans in Australia: choosing Hillsong as a global home
Much of the literature on Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity (Pc/C) and African diasporas in the Global North has focused upon African-Majority or -Initiated churches that are either branches of African churches or were created in the diaspora. This focus often frames the appeal of Pc/C to African...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado: |
2021
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| En: |
Culture and religion
Año: 2021, Volumen: 22, Número: 1, Páginas: 25-45 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Australien (Südost)
/ Inmigrante africano
/ Clase media
/ Preferencia
/ Hillsong Church
/ Movilidad social
/ Clase social
/ Geschichte 2020
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | CH Cristianismo y sociedad KAJ Época contemporánea KBN África subsahariana KBS Australia KDG Iglesia libre |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Hillsong
B African-Australians B middle-class aspirationalism B African diasporas B Racism |
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| Sumario: | Much of the literature on Pentecostal-charismatic Christianity (Pc/C) and African diasporas in the Global North has focused upon African-Majority or -Initiated churches that are either branches of African churches or were created in the diaspora. This focus often frames the appeal of Pc/C to African migrants in terms of: a) its emphasis upon the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ offering a path not only to salvation, but also to earthly riches; b) its opportunities for achieving status among church hierarchies, which is attractive to socially marginalised groups, and; c) the practical assistance it provides to support settlement. However, African diasporas have diverse histories of migration, and settlement experiences. This article considers the appeal of Pc/C to a group of professional African migrants in Australia, who self-identify as ‘middle-class’. It argues that professional African migrants have consciously favoured the Australian megachurch Hillsong over Australia’s African-Initiated churches. They have done so in pursuit of a process of an imagined class-mobility, and as a result, their choice of church can be understood as largely strategic. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5629 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2022.2156566 |
