Offers a critical Pentecostal philosophy of God that challenges orthodox Christianity.Although Pentecostalism is generally considered a conservative movement in The Split God Nimi Wariboko shows that its operative everyday notion of God is a radical one that poses under cover of loyalty a challenge to orthodox Christianity. He argues that the image of God that arises out of the everyday practices of Pentecostalism is a split Goda deity harboring a radical split that not only destabilizes and prevents God himself from achieving ontological completeness but also conditions and shapes the practices and identities of Pentecostal believers. Drawing from the work of Slavoj iek Jacques Lacan JeanLuc Nancy and Giorgio Agamben among others Wariboko presents a close reading of everyday Pentecostal practices and in doing so uncovers and presents a sophisticated conversation between radical continental philosophy and everyday forms of spirituality.