
Homosexuality in Ghana Today: The Role of the Church in Mission
Issue: Vol.3 No.2 February 2022 Article 1 pp. 15-26
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2022321 | Published online 15th February, 2022.
© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Church, Culture, Globalization, Homosexuality, Mission, Urbanization.
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Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh, PhD is the Acting Rector of Perez University College, Winneba, Ghana.
Aryeh, D.N.A. “Homosexuality in Ghana Today: The Role of the Church in Mission,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 3, no.2 (2022):15-26. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.2022321
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