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Book SynopsisAbamfo Ofori Atiemo is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana, Legon.
Trade ReviewThis is a profound, original and timely work, relating human rights to African cultures, traditions and religions as they evolve. Its conceptual and theoretical richness give it a significance far beyond Ghana. -- Paul Gifford, Emeritus Professor of Religion at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK
This is a wonderfully researched work that takes the history and religious culture of the societies examined into account. -- David Owusu-Ansah, Professor of History at James Madison University, USA
Table of Contents1. Embedding Human Rights in Local Cultures: An African Imperative 2. Religion and Human Rights: Linking Tradition and Modernity 3. Inculturating Human Rights: The Localization of a Global Culture 4. Does Ghana have a Common Culture? Exploring Historical Processes of National Identity Construction 5. Locating Religion in Ghana: Exploring the Contours of Spiritual Capital 6. Human Rights in Traditional Ghana: Exploring Indigenous Ideas of Human Dignity and Rights 7. Human Rights in Contemporary Ghana: Fruitions and Possibilities 8. Translating Human Rights in Ghana: Rooting a Secular Idea in a Religious Worldview 9. Religion and the Inculturation of Human Rights in Ghana Bibliography Index
