Book contents
- Performing Power in Nigeria
- African Identities: Past and Present
- Performing Power in Nigeria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Power Identity: Politics, Performance, and Nigerian Pentecostalism
- 1 Demons and Deliverance: Discourses on Pentecostal Power
- 2 “What Islamic Devils?!”: Power Struggles, Race, and Christian Transnationalism
- 3 “Touch Not Mine Anointed”: #MeToo, #ChurchToo, and the Power of “See Finish”
- 4 “Everything Christianity/the Bible Represents Is Being Attacked on the Internet!”: The Internet and Technologies of Religious Engagement
- 5 “God Too Laughs and We Can Laugh Too”: The Ambivalent Power of Comedy Performances in the Church
- 6 “The Spirit Names the Child”: Pentecostal Futurity in the Name of Jesus
- Conclusion: Power Must Change Hands: COVID-19, Power, and the Imperative of Knowledge
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion: Power Must Change Hands: COVID-19, Power, and the Imperative of Knowledge
- Performing Power in Nigeria
- African Identities: Past and Present
- Performing Power in Nigeria
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Power Identity: Politics, Performance, and Nigerian Pentecostalism
- 1 Demons and Deliverance: Discourses on Pentecostal Power
- 2 “What Islamic Devils?!”: Power Struggles, Race, and Christian Transnationalism
- 3 “Touch Not Mine Anointed”: #MeToo, #ChurchToo, and the Power of “See Finish”
- 4 “Everything Christianity/the Bible Represents Is Being Attacked on the Internet!”: The Internet and Technologies of Religious Engagement
- 5 “God Too Laughs and We Can Laugh Too”: The Ambivalent Power of Comedy Performances in the Church
- 6 “The Spirit Names the Child”: Pentecostal Futurity in the Name of Jesus
- Conclusion: Power Must Change Hands: COVID-19, Power, and the Imperative of Knowledge
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the concluding chapter, Power Must Change Hands: COVID 19, Power, and the Imperative of Knowledge, I note that the COVID 19 pandemic broke while this book was being completed and, therefore, I offer my reflection on the pandemic and Pentecostal power. In my description of how the Pentecostal establishment responded to the pandemic, I argued that what that apocalyptic event revealed was that the forms of power which they have invested in and acquired over the years did not anticipate the world-changing event of COVID-19. As a result, foremost figures showed they had no immediate answer for the situation other than to resort to conspiracy theories and myths of their embattlement that did not quite stand up to the demands of the historical event.
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- Performing Power in NigeriaIdentity, Politics, and Pentecostalism, pp. 236 - 245Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021