Demons and deliverance: discourses on Pentecostal character -- "What Islamic devils?!" : power struggles, race, and Christian trans-nationalism -- "Touch not mine anointed" : #metoo, #churchtoo, and the power of "See Finish" -- Everything Christianity/the Bible represents is being attacked on the Internet!": the internet and technologies of religious engagement -- "God too laughs and we can laugh too" : the ambivalent power of comedy performances -- "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
Summary
Uses extensive archival material, interviews and fieldwork to explore how Nigerian Pentecostals mark their self-distinction as a people of power