Hamartiology: An Akan Perspective [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2022 Hamartiology, a branch of theology dealing with the nature and effects of sin is orally preserved in the Akan religious thought but not documented as they exist in Islam and Catholicism.
Augustine Kojo Peprah
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Lexicalization of Akan Diminutives:
Linguistik Online, 2019 This paper examines transparent and non-transparent diminutive forms in Akan and the range of meanings associated with each group, as presented in Appah/Amfo (2011).
Nana Aba Appiah Amfo +1 more
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Adaka-Teaa Eschatology of Daddy Lumba and Alexander the Great: Implications for Contemporary Christians [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2023 One of the central themes in Christian theology is eschatology (the study of last things). Eschatological beliefs are important in shaping human earthly life.
Isaac Boaheng
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The Akan Traditional Leadership Formation: Some Lessons for Christian Leadership Formation [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2021 Traditional and Christian leaders in Akan communities in Ghana provide leadership services for the same Akan people. For proper internal harmony and identity devoid of identity crises, the two leadership systems should not only understand each other ...
Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong
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A Socio-economic and Religious Analysis of the Adesiedeɛ (Burial Items) Rite in Akan Dɔteyie (Pre-burial Funeral) [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2023 The reality of death is attested by everyday experiences in all human societies. Whilst death is a universal phenomenon, the rites associated with dying, death and funeral differ from society to society.
Isaac Boaheng
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The Structure and Communicative Import of Selected Proverbs in Nzema Language and Culture
Journal of Communication and Cultural Trends, 2023 Adopting an Ethno-pragmatics framework, the current study aims to describe the sentential structures and communicative imports of selected proverbs in Nzema, a Kwa language of Ghana, West Africa.
Mohammed Yakub +1 more
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The Significance of the Black Stool as an Educational Resource in Akan Traditional Patterns of Learning [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2021 The Black Stool has been considered by Western missionaries and missionary established churches mainly as a sacred object and religious material for rituals without much attention to its educational significance.
Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong
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The Akan and the Catholic Concept of Sin and Reconciliation Compared
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2022 The phenomenon of sin and reconciliation is extant in many religions and as a result, elaborate teachings and rituals are documented around them. The same however cannot be said about the Akan traditional religion.
Augustine Kojo Peprah +1 more
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Praying through the Lord’s Prayer with Meaning and Significance: Mother-tongue Theological Hermeneutical Study of Mathew 6: 9-13 [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2023 The Lord’s Prayer seems to be the best-known prayer among Christian communities. In liturgical contexts, it appears to be the most memorized and recited text of the New Testament.
John Kwasi Fosu
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The aesthetic consideration of proverbs and their influence on discourse: a literary and pragmatic analyses of some Akan proverbs [PDF]
Akofena, 2022 : Proverbs, in general, are employed not only for their functionality but also for their aesthetic or literary reasons which render them effective in discourse (Yankah, 1989; Dipio, 2019). This paper sought to explore the aesthetic nature of proverbs and
Francis Douglas APPIAH, Mohammed ISSAKA, Richard Baffour OKYERE & Tahiru DJATO
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