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African Christians in the German-Speaking Diaspora of Europe

African Christians in the German-Speaking Diaspora of Europe AFRICAN CHRISTIANS IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING DIASPORA OF EUROPE Benjamin Simon If, in Germany, one consults the Federal Office of Statistics (Statistische Bundesamt)' in order to obtain detailed data about religious communities or Christian denominations, one meets with generalisations and a lack of understanding. Religious communities are classified into Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and other religious groups and those which do not legally belong to a religious group. Smaller groupings are assigned to these two last mentioned categories! In Germany approx. 600 religious communities practice their faith. This variety is only partially perceived by the population and the state and also the established churches. In the course of religious pluralization, Germany has developped from a society stamped by Christianity to a multi-religious society where ideas offered by the churches only seem to be one possibility besides many others.2 2 The dilemma of the non-transparency of the division of religious groups at state level also appears in the statistics of the Christian denomi- nations : They are subdivided into Roman Catholic Church, Protestant Church and Protestant Free Church. In Germany, the lack of more precise criteria of differentiation, especially for the Protestant Churches and the Free Churches, leave a great deal http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Exchange Brill

African Christians in the German-Speaking Diaspora of Europe

Exchange , Volume 31 (1): 23 – Jan 1, 2002

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Brill
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© 2002 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0166-2740
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1572-543X
DOI
10.1163/157254302X00317
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AFRICAN CHRISTIANS IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING DIASPORA OF EUROPE Benjamin Simon If, in Germany, one consults the Federal Office of Statistics (Statistische Bundesamt)' in order to obtain detailed data about religious communities or Christian denominations, one meets with generalisations and a lack of understanding. Religious communities are classified into Christian, Islamic, Jewish, and other religious groups and those which do not legally belong to a religious group. Smaller groupings are assigned to these two last mentioned categories! In Germany approx. 600 religious communities practice their faith. This variety is only partially perceived by the population and the state and also the established churches. In the course of religious pluralization, Germany has developped from a society stamped by Christianity to a multi-religious society where ideas offered by the churches only seem to be one possibility besides many others.2 2 The dilemma of the non-transparency of the division of religious groups at state level also appears in the statistics of the Christian denomi- nations : They are subdivided into Roman Catholic Church, Protestant Church and Protestant Free Church. In Germany, the lack of more precise criteria of differentiation, especially for the Protestant Churches and the Free Churches, leave a great deal

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