%0 Journal Article
%T African Christian diaspora religion and/or spirituality: A concept analysis and reinterpretation
%A Victor Counted
%J Critical Research on Religion
%@ 2050-3040
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2050303218823258
%X The purpose of this article is to analyze how the concept of African Christian diaspora religion and/or spirituality, as a missionary-based model, is currently being used and defined within African transnational research and diaspora religion. I conducted a review using a citation search strategy to retrieve peer-reviewed articles that explore the extent to which the seminal paper of Steven Vertovec on ˇ°Diaspora Religionˇ± has informed the conceptualization and analysis of the concept of African Christian diaspora religion and/or spirituality (ACDRS). The search generated empirical articles which met the inclusion criteria and were included for concept analysis. This concept analysis identified five emerging attributes of ACDRS as (a) a network of support, (b) a transnational dynamic, (c) a platform for civic engagement and activism, (d) the basis for developing place bonds and diaspora identity, and (e) as an experiential religion. These defining attributes position ACDRS as a multidimensional concept encompassing noninstitutionalized religious expressions and activities, albeit with limited empirical data. I also discussed some study limitations and conceptual issues related to the attributes, antecedents, consequences, and cases of ACDRS
%K African religious transnationalism
%K African Christian diaspora religion
%K African diaspora spirituality
%K concept analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2050303218823258