Revolutionary United Front (RUF), 151–152, 155, 172

sacred specialists, 24, 39, 44, 58–59, 62, 87, 170–172, 187

sacraments, 106–107, 110, 128

sacrifice, 127

salvation, 56–58, 62, 101–104, 109, 139–140

stories, 20–21, 28–29, 32, 49, 55, 68n54, 131, 140

Supreme Being, 24–29, 32, 35, 41, 60, 63, 64n10, 65n12, 65n19, 66n25

syncretism, 148, 161–163, 192

sin, 56–58, 62, 98, 102, 109, 111, 125, 128, 139–140, 143n2, 164, 184

Sierra Leone Indigenous Religion (SLIR), 18–21, 23, 55–56, 60, 63n1, 120–121, 130, 192

spirits, 24, 34, 37–38, 42–45, 47–50, 56, 58–59, 61–62, 64n8, 66n28, 67n44, 127, 133–136, 183

evil, 45–46, 48–49, 53, 61, 68n53, 86, 133–134, 183

good, 45, 133

human, 36, 44–45, 61

natural, 35, 44–45, 49, 61

Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), 154, 173, 187

The Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL), xixn7, 152, 156, 200

United Church of Canada (UCC), 132, 163

witchcraft, 46–49, 61, 86, 135–136, 183