Soaking in tapes: the haptic voice of globalPentecostal pedagogy inGhana
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Utrecht University |
| ANO | 2014 |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| PERIÓDICO | Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute |
| ISSN | 1359-0987 |
| E-ISSN | 1467-9655 |
| EDITORA | Sage Publications (United States) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9655.12106 |
| CITAÇÕES | 16 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
| MD5 |
e978ac3458ebe94a8c9156a6f0190c2f
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Resumo
Can a voice touch? This possibility is indeed what underlies 'soaking in tapes', a devotional practice performed in Anagkazo Bible and Ministry Training Center, aPentecostal seminary based inAccra,Ghana. Soaking in tapes is a form of impartation, or grace transmission, homologous to the biblical method of laying on of hands. In this article, I explore the conditions of possibility of this transposition of touch into speaking and hearing, arguing that the haptic voice of soaking in tapes is predicated upon a cultivated receptivity and a specific bond connecting addresser and addressee. I situate the practice in the school's broader pedagogical apparatus, where it operates simultaneously as a spiritual exercise, a method of discipleship, and a technology of church government. I conclude by showing how soaking in tapes gives a pedagogical inflection to the general tactility and flow‐orientated materiality of global Pentecostal power.