Christianity, mission and ecumenism in Ghana
Subtitle: essays in honour of Robert Kwasi Aboagye-Mensah BTh. MACE. PhD. (general secretary, Christian Council of Ghana, 1998-2003; presiding bishop, Methodist Church Ghana 2003-2009)
By: edited by J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Publisher: Asempa Publishers, Christian Council of Ghana
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Accra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9789964784195
Subjects: Christianity; Missions; Church history; Methodist Church Ghana
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-282).
Table of contents: title: I. Church, mission and contextualization. Heart music as identity marker : Ebibindwom and Ghanaian Methodism / Casely B. Essamuah; title: Gaddiel R. Acquaah and the hermeneutics of vernacular hymns / Henry Ampaw Asiedu; title: Religious extremism and democracy in Ghana / Joseph K. Osei; title: Creation, exodus and redemption : an African perspective on the biblical narrative / Mercy Oduyoye; title: II. Bible, mission and ministry. Wesleyan Methodism and Bible translation in the Gold Coast / John D.K. Ekem; title: The role of symbolism in Old Testament hermeneutics in Africa / Patrick Kofi Amissah; title: Doing biblical studies in the African context : the challenge of mother-tongue scriptures / Benhardt Y. Quarshie; title: Church and state : a contemporary understanding of the book of Joel / Dorothy BEA Akoto; title: III. Church, education and society. Theological education and religious pluralism in Africa / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu; title: The ecclesiolae in ecclesia : the future of the Methodist past / Paul K. Boafo; title: Ministerial training and church leadership in the Methodist Church Ghana : a historical review / Joseph M.Y. Edusa-Eyison; title: Towards a theology of evil spirits and witches / Abraham A. Akrong; title: IV. Church, mission and pastoral care. Faith, healing and mission : perspectives from the Bible / Opoku Onyinah; title: African Pentecostalism, prosperity theology and pastoral care / Emmanuel Y. Lartey; title: The challenge of emerging feminism in Africa today : a theological reflection / Emmanuel K. Ofori; title: HIV/AIDS, the church and pastoral care : African perspectives / Samuel Acquaah Arhin.