The role of refugee-established churches in integrating forced migrants: A case study of Word of Life Assembly in Yeoville, Johannesburg

The increasing embeddedness of religious issues within contemporary global phenomena has increased the role religion plays in migrants’ spiritual, social, and economic lives. Drawing on the findings of the study, conducted within one of the Pentecostal migrant churches in Johannesburg, this paper ex...

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Main Author: Nzayabino, Vedaste (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2010
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 66, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Self-Integration
B Belonging
B Religion
B Migration Motif
B Identity
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