
The Influence of African Traditional Beliefs and Practices on Neo-Prophetic Christianity: An Analysis
Issue: Vol.10 No.4 April 2024 Issue Article 3 pp. 85-96
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.20241043| Published online 5th April, 2024.
© 2024 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Inculturation, African Traditional Religion, Syncretism
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Rev. Canon Fr. Prince Osei Yeboah is an ordained Anglican priest and a Canon at the St Cyprian Cathedral, Kumasi. He holds a Master of Philosophy in Religious Studies from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana. He is now undertaking his PhD in Religious Studies at the same university. Currently, he is a tutor at St. Monica’s Training College-Mampong, Ghana.
Ernest Owusu holds an MA in Ministry and MPhil in Religious Studies and is currently a PhD candidate at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. His research focuses on Philosophy of Religion, African Traditional Religion, Ethics, Eco-theology and Religion and Ecology. His current PhD works seeks to examine the role of religion in climate change and poverty discourse.
Emmanuel Obimpeh-Quayson holds an MA and MPhil in Religious Studies and is currently a PhD Candidate with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. His research focuses on African Religio-cultural Traditions, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Ethics, Pentecostalism and Public Theology. Emmanuel is an Ordained Minister with the International Central Gospel Church, where he currently serves as a pastor in charge of LifeSpring Assembly, Kumasi, Ghana.
Yeboah, Prince Osei, Ernest Owusu & Emmanuel Obimpeh-Quayson Jnr. “The Influence of African Traditional Beliefs and Practices on Neo-Prophetic Christianity: An Analysis,” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 10 no.4 (2024): 85-96. https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.20241043
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