Catholic Church Ghana
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Asante Catholicism: Religious and Cultural Reproduction Among the Akan of Ghana (Studies of Religion in Africa) $110.11 This volume focuses on the interaction between post-conciliar Roman Catholicism and Asante religion of Ghana. The fusion between Christianity and Asante ways is examined, such as the reinterpretation of Christian values and figures in terms of Asante notions and traditions – for example, Jesus is reconfigured as Kurotwiamansa (leopard). Asante cultural history is explored, and the text shows how t… |
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Problems and Prospects of the Search for a Catholic Spiritual Tradition in the Ghanaian Catholic Pastoral Ministry (Beitrage zur Missionswissenschaft und interkulturellen Theologie) $40.95 Today, Christianity has become the most popular and fast-growing religion in Ghana. Paradoxically, the Christian Church, in whatever form it has taken, has, for a complexity of reasons, basically remained a weak church with a weak foundation. This book discusses, from a theologico-cultural anthropological perspective, some of the ecclesial and social processes and factors that, the author believes… |
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Kaleidoscope Catechesis $57.05 Kaleidoscope Catechesis is both a rhetorical and a pastoral effort to communicate the Gospel message cross-culturally, particularly in Africa. It analyzes the rhetorical dynamics of cross-cultural communication within the specific context of missionary catechesis in the Diocese of Wa in Ghana, and offers concrete pastoral communication strategies to be used for effective catechesis and evangelizat… |
