Machine gun prayer: the politics of embodied desire in Pentecostal worship

This article examines Pentecostal embodiment through a study of the way prayer is spoken of and performed in a prominent Nigerian Deliverance church. It argues that the Deliverance churches’ exaggerated emphasis on the demonic serves to re-purpose prayer as an embodied violent performance that is of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richman, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2020