Spirit of resistance: why Destiny Church and other New Zealand Pentecostalists oppose lockdowns and vaccination

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Spirit of resistance: why Destiny Church and other New Zealand Pentecostalists oppose lockdowns and vaccination

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Pentecostals have seemed unwilling and unable to accept epidemiological explanations and strategies for dealing with COVID-19. [Image by Mat Napo on Unsplash]

by Fraser Macdonald, senior lecturer in anthropology, University of Waikato

Was anyone surprised when New Zealand’s self-made Apostle Brian Tamaki courted controversy and arrest by participating in two anti-lockdown protests i