abortion, 52–53, 139–140

African Christian, 4, 116, 184

African Traditionalists, xvi, xix, 25, 116, 136, 146n2, 157–158, 181

African Traditional Religion (ATR), xv–xvi, xviiinn1–2, 1–10, 13, 14n3, 19–21, 23–25, 41, 51–52, 57, 59–60, 63n1–2, 64n9, 66n27, 67n37, 68n55, 69n62, 87–89, 91, 113–115, 117, 118nn5–6, 120–129, 133, 135–136, 139–142, 146–148, 151–152, 157–165, 168–171, 173, 175–188, 191–196

All People’s Congress (APC), 75, 152, 170–172, 189nn2–3, 189n6

All Saints’ Day, 131–132

All Souls’ Day, 132

ancestors and ancestral SpiritsSee also non-ancestral spirits and spirits, 21–25, 34–44, 49–51, 53, 55–57, 60–62, 64, 67n37, 130–131, 138, 164, 171, 174

angels, 24–25, 36–37, 60, 67n36, 78–80, 128–129, 133, 143

baptism, 107–111, 184

chief, 27, 33–36, 44, 59–60, 67n35, 85, 88, 136

chiefdom, 35, 49, 172

Christians, xvi–xvii, 2, 5–6, 10, 37, 56, 73, 89, 92–93, 97–101, 105–106, 108–111, 115–117, 118n3, 121–123, 126–135, 137, 139–141, 143n2, 146, 150–153, 155–158, 160–162, 164–165, 169

Christians (continued)See also Christianity, 176–177, 179–181, 183–185, 187–188, 192–196

Christianity, xv–xvi, xviii, 1–10, 13–14, 18–19, 36–38, 60, 63n2, 67n36, 87, 89, 91, 94, 96–100, 103, 106, 112–117, 118n5, 120–130, 133–134, 139–142, 147–151, 153, 156–165, 168–169, 179–182, 184–188, 191–196

confirmation, 110

culture, xvi, xviii, 2–3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15n4, 18, 20–22, 25, 37–38, 40, 52–53, 55–56, 59, 63n2, 64n3, 65n19, 65n22, 66n25, 72, 86, 88–89, 96–97, 100, 112, 114–117, 121, 132, 141, 143n2, 149–150, 156–157, 161, 163, 171, 173, 176–179, 183–184, 186, 191–193

diviners and divination, 23–24, 41, 45, 58–59, 62, 87–88, 113–114, 148–149, 170, 189nn2–3, 189n6

dual religionist, 184

dulia, doctrine of, 131

ecology, 51, 68n55

ethnic groups, xvi, xixn6, 11, 15n4, 18–19, 23–24, 36–38, 44, 54, 60, 63, 65n11, 65nn15–16, 65n21, 67n36, 72, 74, 87, 131, 173–174

Kono, xvi, xixn6, 11, 24–25, 28, 31–36, 38–40, 44, 53–54, 59–60, 64, 85–86, 125, 130, 173