The Lord’s Prayer and an African predicament – the Ewe-Ghanaian context in focus [PDF]
, 2020 This article seeks to reconstruct the phrase τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον (Mt 6:11; Lk 11:3) in the light of an African predicament with the Ewe-Ghanaian context in focus. The article posits that the various interpretations of the phrase throughout the
Sakitey, Daniel, Van Eck, Ernest
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Ruptures, Junctures, and Difference
, 2022 Royal rituals and festivities are vibrant sites of cultural continuity among the Ewe of Ghana. The rituals exhibit elements of hyperreal, sonic, and sacred/secular sensibilities that frame performance and embodied affectivity.
Daniel Avorgbedor
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Ghanaian Methodist Spirituality in Relation with Neo- Pentecostalism
, 2022 Contemporary Ghanaian Methodist spirituality exhibits varied religious tendencies. A cursory look at some activities which take place at the Church’s prayer centres reveals worship patterns of the historical Wesleyan Tradition, patterns of the ...
Yalley, Doris E.
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(Mat. 6:13b) : reading the Lord’s prayer through Ewe-Ghanaian demonological lens [PDF]
, 2019 This article represents a reworked version of aspects from Daniel Sakitey’s PhD thesis, titled “Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer in Ewe- Ghanaian context”, in the Department of New Testament and Related Literature, University of Pretoria, with
Van Eck, Ernest, Sakitey, Daniel
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Motivations for relationships as sources of meaning: Ghanaian and South African experiences
, 2020 Afrocentric paradigms reflect assumptions of the overarching importance of interconnectedness and social bonds in meaningful experiences. It is, however, not known if types of relatedness vary in importance as meaning sources in the subjective ...
Wissing, Marié P. +6 more
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Understanding how patients' pain beliefs influence chronic low back pain management in Ghana: a grounded theory approach. [PDF]
, 2022 Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is associated with negative consequences in high and low/middle-income countries. Pain beliefs are important psychosocial factors that affect the occurrence and progression of CLBP and may be influenced by the sociocultural ...
Diver, C. +3 more
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GHANAIAN PENTECOSTALS IN LONDON, REVERSE MISSION, AND THE SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION [PDF]
, 2023 Since the 1960s, media houses, scholars, and religious people have increasingly drawn attention to the changing dynamics of religion and spirituality in Britain, which some scholars call spiritual revolution.
Atwam, Anthony, Jeremiah, Anderson
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Esoteric Signs and Symbols in Akan-Ewe Socioreligioculture: Indigenous Constructs for Post-Missionary Theology and Christology [PDF]
This study explores esoteric signs and symbols within Akan-Ewe sociocultural and spiritual traditions to uncover indigenous theological and Christological constructs for post-missionary Africa.
Edward Agboada
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background Cervical cancer screening among Ghanaian women is generally unsatisfactory due to sociocultural norms and poor knowledge, despite its critical role in the early detection of cervical cancer. Due to culturally insensitive healthcare practices in a secular country like Ghana, Islamic women may avoid cervical cancer screening ...
Abdul‐Karim Abubakari +2 more
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Exploring Ghanaian adolescents’ meaning of health and wellbeing: A psychosocial perspective
, 2015 There is presently no internationally agreed upon set of indicators for assessing adolescent health and what “health and wellbeing” means to adolescents.
Franklin N. Glozah
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