Du vin nouveau dans de vieilles outres: parcours d'un dissident du Christianisme Céleste (Bénin)

This case study examines the patterns of dissidence within an independent African church that was deeply scarred by conflicts that accompanied the struggle for the right to succeed the founding prophet. Gontran Marcos is typical of visionary prophets who, in the name of the bitter struggle against s...

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