Book Review. Powerful Devices: Prayer and the Political Praxis of Spiritual Warfare, by Abimbola Adunni Adelakun

Abstract

Abimbola Adunni Adelakun’s book, Powerful Devices: Prayer and the Political Praxis of Spiritual Warfare, offers a different exploration of the transformative potential of prayer as a performance of spiritual warfare. By focusing on the role of prayer as a powerful device in the Nigerian context, the author brilliantly suggests how prayer shapes and is sometimes shaped by certain social and cultural logics. The interventions in this book build on the author’s experiences in the field of performance studies, shedding light on the defiance of societal norms and the radicality inherent in religious practices.