SHADES OF BELONGING: AFRICAN PENTECOSTALS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IRELAND Cultural Literature Slavery helped finance the Industrial

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England

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anthropology and religion to provide a study of Muslim personal names in the context of family relationships

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SHADES OF BELONGING: AFRICAN PENTECOSTALS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IRELAND Cultural Literature Slavery helped finance the IndustrialThis book is the first study of the religious life of African immigrants in Ireland. Based on original research the book makes a significant contribution to our knowledge about Africans in Europe more generally. For over a century Ireland was a source of emigrants to other parts of the world. Now it has become an attractive destination for immigrants. Africans in the streets of Dublin are a common sight. During Ireland s 2006 census exercise, 35,326