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Conclusion: Power Must Change Hands: COVID-19, Power, and the Imperative of Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2021

Abimbola A. Adelakun
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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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 Nigeria
Identity, Politics, and Pentecostalism
, pp. 236 - 245
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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