From Africa to America by Moses O Biney

From Africa to America by Moses O Biney

Upon arrival in the United States, most African immigrants are immediately subsumed under the category "black." In the eyes of most Americans—and more so to American legal and social systems—African immigrants are indistinguishable from all others, such as those from the Caribbean whose skin color they share. Despite their growing presence in many cities and their active involvement in sectors of American economic, social, and cultural life, we know little about them. In From Africa to America, Moses O. Biney offers a rare full-scale look at an African immigrant congregation, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in New York (PCGNY). Through personal stories, notes from participant observation, and interviews, Biney explores the complexities of the social, economic, and cultural adaptation of this group, the difficult moral choices they have to make in order to survive, and the tensions that exist within their faith community. Most notably, through his compelling research Biney shows that such congregations are more than mere "ethnic enclaves," or safe havens from American social and cultural values. Rather, they help maintain the essential balance between cultural acclimation and ethnic preservation needed for these new citizens to flourish.

From Africato America provides a fascinating analysis of Ghanaian immigrants to the United States since the 1980sThis lively account paints a revealing picture of the real life of these immigrants, showing how their religious life as a community sustains them as they cope with the process of adaptation. -- John Mbiti,author of Introduction to African Religion, 2nd Edition

Moses O. Biney is a minister at First Presbyterian Church in Irvington, New Jersey, and is Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York Theological Seminary.

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ISBN 13	9780814786390
ISBN 10	0814786391
Title	From Africa to America
Author	Moses O Biney
Series	Religion Race And Ethnicity
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	New York University Press
Year published	2011-01-05
Number of pages	219
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