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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2023

Abimbola A. Adelakun
Abimbola A. Adelakun
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University of Texas, Austin

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Performing Power in Nigeria
Identity, Politics, and Pentecostalism
 , pp. 280 - 286
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023
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Index

#ChurchToo, 242
#MeToo, 242
Abacha, Sani, 51, 52, 53, 77, 84
Abejoye, 25, 32, 33–36, 37, 38–40, 55, 56–64, 65
Abiku, 219
Abiola, Moshood Kashimawo, Chief, 48
Aboki4Christ, 176, 179, 184, 192, 205
abortion, 91, 96, 97
Abubakar, Atiku, 98
Abuja, 128
accountability, 159, 169, 170, 172, 175
Achebe, Chinua, 217, 219, 221
Adam, 214
Adebesin, Olusesi, 186
Adeboye, Enoch, Pastor, 53, 60, 130, 149, 163–168, 169, 239
Adefarasin, Ifeanyi, Pastor, 193
Adefarasin, Paul, Pastor, 164, 193
Adejumo, Funke, 146, 148, 163, 164, 165
Adeyemi, Sam, Pastor, 165
aesthetics, 8, 11, 20, 109
Africa, 1, 10, 61
afterlife, 60
Agape Christian Ministries, 146
Agbara Nla, 25, 29, 32–36, 38–40, 42–43, 47–51, 55, 56–57, 65, 210
Aiyegboyin, Deji, 59
Akingbe, Niyi, 51
Akpobome, Atunyota Alleluya, 184
Akpororo, 186, 192–196
Aku, Summer, 162
Aladura, 30
Alamayeseigha, Diepreye, 79
Alexander, Jeffrey, 14, 18
Ali Baba. See Akpobome, Atunyota Alleluya
Alph Lukau, 167
altar, 112–118, 121, 190
digital, 138
altar call, 117
ancestors, 209, 215, 226, 227
anointing, 80, 105–106, 109–110, 118, 129, 138, 178, 193
anti-blackness, 100
Anyadike, Chima, 221
Apter, Andrew, 15
Apter, David, 16
Arab Spring, 88
Argentina, 16
asceticism, 59
Ashimolowo, Matthew, Pastor, 164, 166
Asia, 61
Aso Rock, 77
audience, 17, 46, 112, 113, 115, 117, 125
Australia, 61
authoritarianism, 5, 6, 236
authority, 13, 15, 19, 26, 27, 57, 64, 66, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 159, 161, 168, 178, 203, 242
military, 48
moral, 39, 137, 143, 147, 148, 157, 170
religious, 26, 108, 141, 145, 174
spiritual, 195, 197
Ayamatanga, 29–34, 38, 45
ayelujara, 97
Azikwe, Nnamdi, 80
Babangida, Ibrahim, 49, 51, 84
Bakare, Tunde, Pastor, 165
Bamiloye, Mike, 30, 32, 44–49, 54, 56, 93, 178
Basketmouth, 185
BBC Africa, 139
Bhatia, Nandi, 18
Biafra, 92
Bible, 24, 31, 33, 63, 77, 80, 106, 118, 127, 148, 149, 150, 156, 189, 206, 212, 214, 220, 238
birth, 214
black (color), 40
black (race), 71, 90, 96
Black Lives Matter, 138
body (physical), 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 23, 39, 40, 73, 75, 99, 106, 126, 217, 238
body of Christ, 37, 106
Boko Haram, 71, 74, 76, 83, 85, 87, 96
born-again, 51, 73, 106, 224, 226. See Akpororo
Bowoto, Jephta. See Akpororo
Bozzini, David M., 183
Brazil, 101
Breitbart, 71
Brexit, 91
Brooks, Daphne, 20
Buhari, Aisha, 130
Buhari, Muhammadu, 84, 85–88, 91, 95, 96, 98, 100
call and response, 27, 213, 217, 222, 225, 227
capitalism, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 110, 111, 138, 151–153, 198
Carlson, Marvin, 39
Catholics, 63
Cesar, Waldo, 63
Chambers, Claire, 9
charisma, 116, 122, 123
charismatic, 4, 21, 159
Chibuike, Kalu Daniel, 24
children, 27, 175, 189, 209, 216, 220, 224, 227, 228, 231, 242
China, 237, 238
Christian Association of Nigeria, 77, 85, 130
Christianity Today, 82
civil liberties, 53
civil rights, 20
Civil Rights Act, 94
Clarke, Clifton, 212
class, 2, 3, 27, 61, 71, 82, 111, 128, 133, 166, 184, 195, 197
clean jokes, 191
Cleary, Edward, 157
Clinton, Hillary, 91, 96
clout demons, 159, 170
CNN, 71, 90, 95
Coben, Lawrence S., 14
Coleman, Simon, 59
Collins, Patricia Hill, 109
colonialism, 15, 224
colonizers, 19
Comaroff, Jean, 57
comedy, 27
Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), 102–103, 193–194
communalism, 201
community, 14, 132, 144, 203, 206, 222
congregation, 10, 24, 62, 116, 118, 119, 123, 149, 156, 190
conscientization, 153, 195
conservativism, 69, 90, 179
consumerism, 110, 117, 138
control, 120, 128, 177, 197, 241
conversion, 6, 46, 50, 66, 117, 142, 210, 222, 225, 226
converts, 117, 228
corruption, 132, 154, 165, 173, 240
counter-performance, 18
Covenant Nation, The, 90
COVID 19, 28, 95
Cox, Harvey, 54
Daddy Freeze, 26, 145, 148, 149–159, 161–164, 166, 172–175, 193
Dakolo, Busola, 103, 106, 128, 130, 132–136, 137, 139
Daniel, Oladipupo, 185, 186, 191
DeFrantz, Thomas, 19
deliverance, 114
deliverance ministers, 45
democracy, 236, 237
Democratic Party, 71, 94, 95
demonization, 73, 99, 110, 111, 222
demons, 21, 25, 29–38, 39, 40, 43, 50, 64, 73, 74, 99, 230, 241
devil, 57, 73, 179
diaspora, 21, 28, 63, 141, 244
digital devices, 108, 124, 161
disempowered, 22
disempowered, the, 18, 51
disempowerment, 49
disenfranchised, the, 183
dissent, 20, 141, 147, 161
doctrine, 2, 147, 149, 155, 156, 159, 174, 197
dominance, 184
dominion theology, 75
drama, 10
drama ministers, 47–48
dramatization, 47
Dunamis International Gospel Centre, 239
economy, 54, 238, 242
Edelman, Joshua, 9
Edelman, Lee, 216
Egypt, 1
Ekwefi, 217–222
election, 76
2011 (Nigeria), 76, 80
2015 (Nigeria), 67, 71, 83
2020 (USA), 71
Elijah, David, 238
Ellis, Iain, 187
Elton, Sydney G., Rev., 21
embodiment, 9, 11, 23, 121
Emmanuel, Bosun, 85
employment, 202
empowerment, 3, 5, 12, 28, 50, 52, 59, 89, 174, 183, 201
Enenche, Paul, Pastor, 239
entertainment, 9, 11, 43, 148, 176, 177
eroticism, 119–120, 127
ethical comedy, 191
ethics, 133
ethnicity, 2, 3, 25, 27, 69
Europe, 61
evangelical, 71, 85, 89, 100, 101
evangelization, 89
Eve, 214
evil, 30, 42, 45, 50, 56, 64
exorcism, 25, 39, 45, 50, 73, 114
Facebook, 92, 95, 101, 124, 144, 166
Faith Tabernacle, 74, 239
Faith Theatre, 239
fake news, 71, 95, 171
Fatoyinbo, Biodun, 102–103, 110, 125, 132
fear, 49, 51, 64, 73, 99, 110, 146, 159, 179, 237, 240
feminism, 135, 168
finances, 151
Financial Regulatory Council of Nigeria (FRCN), 169
Fourth Republic, 26, 53, 143
free markets, 53
Free the Sheeple, 145–148, 149–159, 161, 169, 170, 173, 174, 175, 242
freedom, 53, 54, 141, 151, 157, 172
Freud, Sigmund, 158
Fulani, 80, 87
Gates, Bill and Melinda, 237
gender, 2, 3, 133
Ghaddafi, Muammar, 88
Ghana, 204
Gharavi, Lance, 28
Gifford, Paul, 55
globalization, 96, 140, 143, 204, 242
Glorious Mount of Possibility, 238
Glory Dome, 239
God, 10, 13, 22–40, 42, 45, 47, 53, 57, 60, 62, 63, 80, 111, 112, 118, 119, 124, 134, 149, 173, 174, 190, 226
Goldstein, Donna, 182
gospel comedians, 27
gossip, 102, 188, 189, 196
Gowon, Yakubu, 17
Graham, Billy, 82
Greece, 1
Habila, Helon, 51
Hart, Keith, 199
Hausa, 80
Haynes, Naomi, 59
He Lives Bible Church, 191
hell, 61, 176
hierarchy, 16, 62, 106, 198, 241
History of the Yorubas, The, 223
Holy Ghost, 63
Holy Mallam, 186, 191
Holy Spirit, 12, 28, 159, 173, 209
homosexuality. See also same-sex marriage
Horton, Robin, 30
House on the Rock, 193
Igbo, 80, 91, 218
Ilesanmi, Simeon, 48
imagination, 40, 43, 44, 45, 54, 64, 119, 136, 179
immigrant ban, 100
impeachment, 95, 96
indigenous, 19, 208, 210, 224, 230
Indigenous People of Biafra Movement (IPOB), 91–92
individual, 222
influencers, 143, 144, 147
Inomata, Takeshi, 14
Instagram, 121, 124, 125, 126, 129, 144, 157
Isawuru, 210
Isong, Emmah, Bishop, 159
Israel, 82, 93
Israel, Chris, 128, 129
Jaiyeola, Seyi, Pastor, 186
Jerusalem, 93
Jesus Christ, 22, 28, 34, 35, 40, 44, 45, 48, 51, 69, 106, 110, 150, 154, 156, 157, 206, 209, 210, 212
Johnson, Lyndon, 94
Johnson, Samuel, 223–225
Jonathan, Goodluck, 76, 79–87, 91, 92
Jonathan, Patience, 79
Joshua, Temitope B., Pastor, 243
justice, 50, 133, 134
Kalu, Ogbu, 22, 105
Kantorowicz, Ernst, 81
Kanu, Nnamdi, 91, 92
Kingsley Innocent ‘Talknado’, 238
Klein, Christina, 5
Lagos, 62
language, 55, 211, 217, 227
Latin America, 157
laughter, 180–182, 183, 187, 189, 190, 195, 206
Leah, 220
Leahy Law, 85, 96
liberalism, 90, 95, 96, 98, 99, 101, 157, 173
liberals, 71
Libya, 88
limitations, 52
Lincoln, Abraham, 94
Lipenga, 183
liturgy, 8, 9, 116, 117
Living Faith Church, 71, 191
Living Faith International (Winners’ Chapel), 239
lovelyceleb Okoye, 128
Luther, Martin, 175
marginalization, 17, 20, 197
marginalized, 27
marginalized, the, 13, 18, 20, 109, 183
margins, 220, 221
market, 199, 200
Marshall, Ruth, 4, 73
Mason, David, 8
Maxwell, David, 59
Mbembe, Achille, 16, 99, 182
meaning, 13
megachurches, 61, 62, 113
men, 102, 131, 134, 135, 137, 138, 219
Meyer, Birgit, 59
MFM megachurch, 243
missionary, 45, 69, 222
modernity, 114, 174, 204, 222, 223, 224
money, 26, 58, 111, 149, 151–153, 154, 199–203
monotheism, 229
moral order, 14, 106
morality play, 44
Mordi, Kiki, 139
Mount Zion Faith Ministries International (MZFMI), 29, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40–41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 176
Mount Zion Faith Ministry, 25
multiculturalism, 90, 91, 101
Musa, Oathman, 132
Muslims, 54, 228
mysticism, 244
myth, 13, 14, 17, 18, 35, 81, 179, 215, 222, 229
mythology, 208, 245
National Theatre, 16, 17
nationalism
African, 224
Christian, 68, 69, 88
white, 97, 99, 101
nationality, 2, 3, 27
neoliberalism, 111, 138, 151
New York Times, The, 102, 244
Newsweek, 53
NijaBox, 166, 167
Nollywood, 44
norms, 14, 19, 136, 149
Nwira, 183
O’Neill, Kevin, 119, 194
Obadare, Ebenezer, 25, 59, 118, 119, 183
Obama, Barack, 71, 85, 86–89, 90, 91, 96
Obama, Michelle, 83
Obasanjo, Olusegun, 53, 77, 78
Obayemi, Joshua, 169
Obazee, Jim, 169
occult, 34
occult economy, 152
Odumeje, Chukwuemeka, Pastor, 166
Ogbanje, 218, 220
Ojo, Matthews, 66, 73
Okonkwo, Mike, Bishop, 165
Okoye, Chukwuma, 115
Okpocha, Bright. See Basketmouth
Olarinde, Ifedayo. See Daddy Freeze
Olatunji, Seyi, 128
opinion entrepreneurs, 144–146, 148, 149, 168, 170
Orishas, 227, 229
Oritsejeafor, Ayo, Pastor, 165
Osa-Oni, John, Archbishop, 62
Osinbajo, Yemi, 86
other, 4, 36
Oyedepo, David, Bishop, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 83, 89, 99, 127, 165, 239
Oyemade, Poju, 90
paganism, 21, 222, 223, 229, 230
Parham, Charles Fox, 156
patriarch, 40
patriarchy, 135, 136, 167
payment, 198, 199
Pentecost, 63
Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, 77, 130, 160
phones, 108, 124, 141
Platform Nigeria, The, 90
play, 7, 118, 204, 205
politicians, 11
politics, 11, 12, 22, 25, 48, 66, 238, 242
poor, the, 58, 150
popular culture, 189, 191, 242
postcolonialism, 22, 23, 180
poverty, 58, 110–112, 128, 195
Power Must Change Hands, 244
Power Worshippers, The, 68
prayer, 22, 35, 75, 76
profane, the, 64
proletarianization, 242
prophecy, 75
proscenium, 113
prosperity gospel, 54, 57–60, 62, 64, 105, 110–112, 116, 120, 138, 152, 195, 196, 197, 201
protest, 104, 105
protesters, 106
pulpit-craft, 113
PUNCH Nigeria, 24
punishment, 132, 166
Pype, Katrien, 46, 183, 203
QAnon, 243
race, 2, 3, 90, 100, 101
racism, 94
rape, 105, 128
rape culture, 104
reception, 46
reciprocity, 57
Redeemed Christian Church of God, 53, 77
reformation, 175
reincarnation, 208, 209
relics, 113
Religious Right, 68
reproductive futurism, 216
Republican Party, 71, 92, 94, 100
resistance, 19, 27, 57, 183, 184
resistance politics, 182, 195
revelation, 156, 242
reverse missionaries, 37
reward, 58, 152, 203
Reynolds, Kim, 92
rites, 11, 113
ritual, 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16, 18, 25, 78, 206
Roe v. Wade, 91, 97
rupture, 67, 119, 177, 223
salvation, 60, 154
same-sex marriage, 71, 82, 85, 88, 91, 96
Satan, 111, 191
satire, 177
Saul, 210
Sautter, Cia, 9
Schafer, Elizabeth, 8
Schechner, Richard, 41, 42
science, 160, 244
secularism, 70, 91, 101, 175, 187, 190, 203, 204
self, 3, 4, 5, 36, 223
sermon, 43, 46, 74, 79, 116, 118, 187, 190
sex, 119
Sex for Grades, 139
sexual abuse, 102, 104, 133–136, 137
sexual assault, 102, 137
Shiloh, 127
Shipley, Jesse Weaver, 204
signs, 15
sin, 58, 199
slavery, 15
social justice, 135, 153
social media, 26, 95, 103, 104, 107, 108, 109, 121–130, 133, 135, 139, 140–142, 143, 148, 149, 151, 153, 156, 160, 167, 168, 170, 171, 240–241, 242
socialism, 91, 101
Sofola, J.A., 220
South Korea, 101
Soyinka, Wole, 209
spectacle, 7, 12, 14, 16, 19, 23, 34, 116, 196
spiritual warfare, 25, 32, 33–35, 46, 48, 52, 57, 65, 72, 75, 99, 118, 172, 211, 212, 216–225
spirituality, 11, 25, 67
stagecraft, 9, 187, 188, 204
Stewart, Katherine, 68, 69
StillRinging, 185, 188, 190, 192, 205
Stolow, Jeremy, 160
Stone, Perry, 167
Structural Adjustment Programs, 49
subaltern, 20
Sulaiman, Nahidh, 40
Suleman, Johnson, Apostle, 164, 243
supernatural, the, 6, 119, 158
Suzman, Susan, 220
symbol, 14, 16, 18, 35, 50, 108, 129, 142, 222, 239
symbolic actions, 1
symbolism, 81
Synagogue Church of all Nations, 243
Syria, 85
Taiwo, Olatunde, 184
Taylor, Diana, 16
technology, 10, 26, 70, 106, 116, 121, 124, 141, 143, 159, 160, 174, 177, 203
television, 24, 29, 31, 41
thaumaturgy, 48
The King Maker. See Abejoye
The Ultimate Power. See Agbara Nla
TheExperience, 192, 193, 195
TikTok, 144
tithes, 145, 146, 149–150, 153, 154, 159, 173
Togarasei, Lovemore, 59
Toit, Simon du, 9
tongues, 63, 75, 127, 167, 193, 196
Tower of Babel, 63
transformation, 184
transnationalism, 69, 94, 101, 242
trauma, 23, 48, 102, 143, 221, 222
Trinity, 231
Trump, Donald, 25, 26, 68–71, 88, 90–94, 95, 96, 97, 241
administration, 100
supporters, 70, 71, 87, 89, 90, 95, 100
Tuface, 189
Turkey, 85
Twitter, 102, 121, 124, 144, 168
Uganda, 69
UK, 61
Ukachi, Austen, 21
Ukah, Asonzeh, 59
USA, 20, 32, 61, 101
vaccines, 241, 243
values, 9
Vaughan, Olufemi, 51
violence, 18, 76–77, 87, 96, 98, 173, 180
sexual, 102, 138
Waiting for an Angel, 51
Walter, Ese, 102, 103, 125, 134, 135
warfare, 22, 83
Wariboko, Nimi, 6, 23, 36, 59, 63, 143, 217
wealth, 111, 125, 128, 129, 152, 153, 154, 203
Weber, Max, 158
Weinstein, Harvey, 102, 131
WhatsApp, 92, 238, 240
white (color), 40, 51
white (race), 70, 90, 96, 231
White House, 71
white supremacy, 100
Winners’ Chapel, 127, 176, 186, 191, See Living Faith Church
women, 42, 137, 168, 219, 221, 222
word of God, 23, 31, 33, 57, 156
World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC), 15, 17, 21
World Health Organization, 237
worship, 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 23, 113, 123, 236
Yar’Adua, Umaru, 78, 79
Yong, Amos, 59
Yoruba, 47, 80, 208, 210, 213, 214, 215, 219, 223, 224, 227, 229, 230, 231
language, 31, 97, 188, 190, 209, 210
YouTube, 144, 147, 161, 162, 168, 205
Zakaria, Fareed, 100
Zulu, 220

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