Josiah Taru trained as an economic anthropologist under the Human Economy Programme at the University of Pretoria. His work focuses on how Pentecostalism shapes individual and collective economic subjectivities in a highly informal Zimbabwean economy. Josiah has held a fellowship at KU Leuven, the University of Konstanz, the University College of London, and the University of Pretoria. Josiah has published in Religion, State and Society; Journal of Religion in Africa; Journal for the Study of Religion; and Anthropology Southern Africa.