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Browsing Department of Religion & Human Values by Author "Appiah-Sekyere, Paul"

Browsing Department of Religion & Human Values by Author "Appiah-Sekyere, Paul"

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  • Christian ethics and Islamic ethics: A critical comparative study in the Ghanaian context 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul; Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo (University of Cape Coast, 2018)
    Christianity and Islam are two major religions that have gained a lot of adherents in the world. In Ghana, adherents of Christianity and Islam have the highest percentage amongst the three main religions. Albeit both ...
  • Christian ethics and traditional Akan ethics: A comparative study 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul; Oppong, Joseph; Mensah, Augustne Mary (University of Cape Coast, 2018)
    Some people are of the view that the advent of Christianity has taught Africans what is morally right and/or wrong. Using the Akan of Ghana, the authors endeavor to compare Christian ethical values with those of the Akan, ...
  • A Critical comparative study of the lifeboat ethics and humanist ethics 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul (University of Cape Coast, 2016)
    Both the Lifeboat ethics and Humanist ethics are very popular in our contemporary world. The Lifeboat ethics, which deals with the gap between the rich and the poor and the moral responsibility of the former towards the ...
  • Environmental care in Ghana: A moral duty for Ghanaian Christians 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul (University of Cape Coast, 2016)
    Since human beings depend on the natural environment for survival, humans have the moral duty to ensure the sustainable use of the environment. Being part of the human family, Ghanaians have a share in this universal moral ...
  • Incorporating humanist ethical approach to remedy environmental “abuses” in Ghana 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul (University of Cape Coast, 2016)
    The influence that traditional Ghanaian norms, taboos, and folktales had in ensuring environmental protection and sustainability has been greatly minimized by the inroads of foreign cultures and religions such as Christianity ...
  • The lifeboat ethics and traditional Akan ethics: A critical comparative study 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul (University of Cape Coast, 2014)
    The “Lifeboat ethics” as propounded by Garrett Hardin has gained currency in contemporary world. This is in view of some form of pragmatic truth and how Hardin theorises to explain the relationships that exist between the ...
  • Magic and miracles in Ghana: A critical examination 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul; Anderson Jnr, George (University of Cape Coast, 2013)
    Some people seem to understand magic and miracles to be the same. The understanding of such people can be attributed to the effects that the two phenomena produce. However, magic has also been perceived by some people to ...
  • On human life: Traditional AKAN ethical perspectives 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul (University of Cape Coast, 2018)
    Prior to the advent of foreign cultures and religions such as Christianity and Islam, issues such as teenage pregnancy, abortion and suicide that threaten the dignity of human life were very rare among traditional Akans. ...
  • Responding to the environmental crisis in Ghana: The role of humanist ethics 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul; Oppong, Joseph (University of Cape Coast, 2018)
    In the past, traditional Ghanaians were able to manage their environment effectively. Presently, there are many environmental problems facing Ghana, rendering Ghana as the seventh dirtiest nation and second in open defecation ...
  • Traditional Akan ethics and humanist ethics: A comparative study 
    Appiah-Sekyere, Paul (University of Cape Coast, 2016-06-25)
    Since traditional Akans are Africans, one can logically deduce that the former share in the notorious religiosity that characterize the later. This notwithstanding, it seems that religion is not the sole determinant of ...

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