Eze, lfeoma Louisa and Raimi, Lasisi and Aroh, Amadi and NGWU, LEONARD UGWU and Nwodo, Sylvester Nnaemeka (2023) How Fanatic Followership of Religious Leaders shaped the Belief of Pentecostal Churches Towards the COVID-19 Pandemic in Port Harcourt. international journal of advanced research in public policy advancement and development stratagies, 6 (1). pp. 34-46. ISSN 2315-8395
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Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease 2010(COVID-19)ravaged almost all parts of the world and generated several conspiracy theories that either attempted to invalidate or in-validate the veracity of the pandemic. While most of these theories had some scientific leanings, the big public danger came from normative theories mostly associates with Pentecostal church leaders. However, nowhere was this more ferocious like Nigeria which is considered the church capital of the world. Given the fanatic followership stlucfure of some big Pentecostal churches and the near godlike status of their leaders, these theories imposcd anti-scientific beliefs that the disease was unreal. This study looks at how fanaric followership of religious Ieaders impacted on thebelief of Pentecosta-l churches with regard to the COVID-19 pandernic in Pori Harcoult, Nigeria. Two big Pentepostal churches namely, Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC) and Christ Embassy (Believers' Love World) were purposively selected for this study.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2024 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Dec 2024 14:38 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4423 |
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