Traditionalists, Muslims, and Christians in Africa: Interreligiou ...

Acknowledgments

I am grateful to many people whose help and support were vital in the writing of this book. I would like to recognise them and I hope I do not forget anyone. My thanks go to the members of Carleton United Church, Niagara Presbytery, for allowing me to complete this work while ministering with them.

I am indebted to Prof. G. J. A. Lubbe for his academic guidance and inspiration. Thanks to all the incredible people I interviewed and consulted who are listed in appendix A. Special thanks to the Rev. Moses Khanu for providing information and research materials on interreligious dialogue and cooperation in Sierra Leone. My thanks go to Connie Consonni, pastoral assistant at St. Alfred’s Catholic Parish in St. Catharines, Ontario, for providing information and materials on Catholicism, Vatican II, and Catholic-related documents.

Thanks and appreciation to Rev. Dr. Hans Ucko (formerly of the Program on Interreligious Dialogue Cooperation), World Council of Churches (WCC), and Msgr.