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Performing power in Nigeria : identity, politics, and Pentecostalism /

A fresh and interdisciplinary study of faith and social culture in Nigeria, Abimbola A. Adelakun uses extensive archival material, interviews and fieldwork to explore how Nigerian Pentecostals use performance to mark their self-distinction as a people of power.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adelakun, Abimbola Adunni (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:African identities: past and present.
Subjects:
Pentecostal churches > Nigeria.
Pentecostalism > Nigeria.
Identification (Religion)
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Social aspects.
Performance > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Églises pentecôtistes > Nigeria.
Mouvement charismatique > Nigeria.
Identité > Aspect social.
Rendement au travail > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Pentecostal churches
Pentecostalism
Performance > Religious aspects > Christianity
Nigeria
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A fresh and interdisciplinary study of faith and social culture in Nigeria, Abimbola A. Adelakun uses extensive archival material, interviews and fieldwork to explore how Nigerian Pentecostals use performance to mark their self-distinction as a people of power.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781009281751
1009281755
DOI:10.1017/9781009281751