Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa: Interreligious Encounters and Dialogue
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Table of Contents

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xxi

List of Abbreviations

xxiii

Chapter 1: Introduction

1

Past and Present Academic Context

4

Sociohistory of Sierra Leone

10

Common Cultural Straits

11

Outline

13

Part I: That We May Know One Another

17

Chapter 2: Sierra Leone Indigenous Religion (SLIR) and Culture

19

Sources of SLIR

20

Oral Tradition

20

African Mythology

20

Proverbs

22

Ethno-Philosophy and Sage Philosophy

22

Other Oral Traditions

22

Forms of Art

23

Components of SLIR

24

The Supreme Being

25

Names of God

25

God Lives Above

28

God’s Intrinsic Attributes

29