Religion and the Inculturation of Human Rights in Ghana(English, Hardcover, Atiemo Abamfo Ofori Dr.)

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Religion and the Inculturation of Human Rights in Ghana(English, Hardcover, Atiemo Abamfo Ofori Dr.) is written by Atiemo Abamfo Ofori Dr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1441199470 (ISBN 10) and 9781441199478 (ISBN 13).

It has been maintained that the secular nature of modern human rights makes them incompatible with the religious orientation of African and non-Western societies. However, in view of the resilience of religion in the global and local public sphere, it is important to explore how religion can contribute to the promotion and enjoyment of human rights. Based on fieldwork conducted in Ghana, Abamfo Ofori Atiemo here establishes a convergence between human rights and local religious and cultural values in African societies. He argues that human rights represent universal 'dream values'. This allows for a cultural embedding of human rights in Ghana and other non-Western societies. He argues that 'dream values' are usually presented in religious language and proclaimed, for example, by prophets and seers or expressed in certain forms of taboo, proverbs or legal norms. He employs the concept of inculturation, adaptation of the way Church teachings are presented to non-Christian cultures, as a hermeneutical tool for developing a model to understand the encounter between universal human rights and local cultures. Offering a new model for explaining the relation between religion and human rights, Religion and the Inculturation of Human Rights in Ghana offers a novel perspective on the links between global trends and local cultures underpinned by strong currents of religious ideas.