A Socio-theological Approach to Migration and Integration

<p>Religion plays a major part of the migrant experience. In some instances religion become a solace for those marginalised through the often encumbered migration processes and among others an agent and agency of integration into the larger host society.</p><p>In this book you’ll discover from a sociological and theological perspective the approaches of migrants towards state policy – a ‘bottom up approach’; and the church’s role as a facilitator of the process of integration of African migrants in Britain. It leads the reader to explore the socio-cultural interface of indigenous African beliefs and praxes in the settled communities as footprints to the future state of the African migrant churches in Britain.</p><p>This book incorporates into social analysis the insider-oriented attempt to understand the reality of African migrants’ worldview.</p><p>Bernard has created an illuminating text to understand the experiences and organisation of migrants groups as transnational entities with a transformative agenda beyond their perceived limitations.</p><p> </p>