Split Time

Nimi Wariboko is Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University. He is the author of The Split Economy: Saint Paul Goes to Wall Street and The Split God: Pentecostalism and Critical Theory, both also published by SUNY Press. He has also worked as an investment banker on Wall Street and in Lagos, Nigeria.

"…[a] wonderful book … The Split Time should be utilized at all levels of college economic studies and also by researchers and readers in search of themes explored brilliantly by the author." — African and Asian Studies"…Wariboko's Split Time book provides another vital facet to what we might call, the promise of Waribokoian social theory for human flourishing. For this reason, I especially commend this book as an imperative resource within the ongoing evolvement of Pentecostal philosophical studies, social theory and political theology." — Monte Lee Rice, Australasian Pentecostal Studies"Rigorously researched, The Split Time boldly poses urgent questions about the continued absence of economic development in a Nigerian African context. Nimi Wariboko's inimitable style—direct, logical, rhythmic, and compelling—enhances his perceptive mobilization of resources from 'indigenous economic philosophy.' The book's broad interdisciplinarity is a particular strength, advancing scholarship in interrelated fields ranging from theology and psychology to African studies." — Ebenezer Obadare, author of Pentecostal Republic: Religion and the Struggle for State Power in Nigeria"Wariboko's compelling prescription for Africa's long-running underdevelopment syndrome centers on indigenous ideology and practices, allowing readers to savor a uniquely native system for bringing the African people to the much desired but elusive economic paradise." — Raphael Chijioke Njoku, author of West African Masking Traditions and Diaspora Masquerade Carnivals: History, Memory, and Transnationalism

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Destiny, Temporality, and Economic Development1. Religion, Temporality and Desire2. Destiny and Desire: An Ontology of Human Flourishing3. Temporality and Desire4. Economy and Destiny: A Theory of Agonistic Communitarianism5. Pursuit of Excellence and Economic Development6. Naija-Dialectics: Theory and MethodologyNotesBibliographyIndex