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 “Diaspora Religion” 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.

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非洲基督教侨民宗教和/或灵性：概念分析和重新解释

本文的目的是分析非洲基督教侨民宗教和/或灵性的概念，作为一种基于传教士的模型，目前如何在非洲跨国研究和侨民宗教中被使用和定义。我使用引文检索策略检索同行评议的文章，探索其史蒂芬Vertovec对“离散宗教”的开创性的论文已经通知非洲基督教散居宗教和/或精神的概念的概念化和分析的程度进行审查， (ACDRS)。搜索产生其符合纳入标准，被列入概念分析实证文章。这个概念分析，鉴定为（一）的支持网络，（b）在跨国动态的，（三）公民参与和行动的平台ACDRS的五大新兴属性，（d）为发展地方债券和侨民的身份，和（e）作为宗教体验的基础。这些属性定义位置A​​CDRS作为一个多维的概念涵盖非制度化宗教表情和活动，尽管具有有限的经验数据。我还讨论了一些研究的局限性和相关的属性，前因，后果，以及ACDRS的情况下，概念问题。