Christian Engagement with Ewe Culture in Ghana: A Dialogue
Mawuli Nyador 
Issue: Vol.9 No.5 May 2023 Issue Article 2 pp. 169-181
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2023952 | Published online 24th May 2023.
© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The issue of gospel and culture has been in contention since the inception of Christianity and its expansion into other environs outside the Jewish nation Israel. As Christianity left its comfort zone in Jerusalem, it needed to engage with different cultures and give relevance of the good news to people that were alien to the Jewish culture which was a national religious culture. Using the comparative and dialogical approaches, this study thus, discussed some religious and cultural practices of the people of Agave in Ghana and how these help in demonstrating the true revelation of God in the person of Jesus. The study found that all the religious and cultural practices have prepared the hearts of Agaveawo for the gospel of Jesus. All the practices were towards the aspirations of forgiveness of sin, well-being, productivity, peace, victory over death and dark powers and agricultural productivity. The individual responses strengthen the argument that what the traditionalists sought in Dzawuwu, amawuwu and Trᴐkosi systems, one can find in Christ. The study contributes to the agenda of developing and articulating Christology in African theology and Christianity.
Keywords: The Gospel, Christian Engagement, African theology, Culture
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Mawuli Nyador is an ordained Ghanaian Minister and Teacher of the gospel. He currently serves as the Director for Dunamis Bible Institute in Tamale, Ghana. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Religious Studies at Department of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a BA (Hons) from Ghana Christian University College in 2012 and an MTh (Bible Translation and Interpretation) from the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture in 2015. His research interests include Christian Education, Mother Tongue Biblical Studies, Missions and African Christology.
Nyador, Mawuli. “Christian Engagement with Ewe Culture in Ghana: A Dialogue,” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 9 no.5 (2023): 169-181. https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2023952
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