Practices and Narratives of Breakthrough: Pentecostal Representations, the Quest for Success, and Liberation from Bondage

What is it about?

This article describes practices and narratives of liberation from (unknown) bondages by Cameroonians who draw inspirations from prophetic T.B. Joshua’s messages and displays. Aspects covered include the desire to embark on a pilgrimage to T.B. Joshua’s church in Nigeria and the use of his blessed religious objects to neutralise, destroy or fight off invisible evil forces suspected of holding the actors’ socioeconomic progress.

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Why is it important?

Transnational mediatisation of Pentecostlaism

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