Journal articles: 'Christian Council of Ghana'

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Peprah, Williams Kwasi, Isaac Anowuo, and Daniel Adofo Kwakye Ameyaw. "The Relationship between Working Capital Management and Financial Sustainability of Selected Christian Denominations in Ghana." Applied Finance and Accounting 5, no. 2 (July 26, 2019): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/afa.v5i2.4410.

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Management of working capital is a fundamental aspect of finance. This is because it affects the church's liquidity and financial sustainability. The study sort of establishing the relationship between working capital and financial sustainability for selected Christian denominations in Ghana. Using bivariate correlation application in SPSS 23, the financial statements from 2013 to 2017 of 15 Christian Council of Ghana denominational members conveniently sampled and analyzed. Working capital is represented by liquidity ratios of current ratio, and cash ratio and financial sustainability are epitomized by self-support. The study revealed that there was a positive relationship between working capital and financial sustainability among Christian denomination in Ghana. In a detailed outcome, there was a statistically small positive significant relationship between self-support and cash ratio and statistically large positive significant relationship between self-support and current ratio. The study recommends to churches in Ghana to seek an enhancing relationship between their working capital and financial sustainability to prevent a possible closure of the church. Not-for-profit organizations must seek self-support through income generation and diversification to improve their Liquidity. Again, not-for-profit organizations must have a positive relationship between working capital and financial sustainability in that churches exist because of liquidity.

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Mensah, Eric, and Martin Owusu. "Teachers’ Curriculum Knowledge in Teaching Christian Religious Studies among Senior High Schools of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana." East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences 3, no. 4 (September 23, 2022): 126–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/eajess.v3i4.204.

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The study sought to investigate on teachers’ curriculum knowledge in teaching Christian Religious Studies among Senior High Schools of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The population of the study was CRS teachers in Senior high schools in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Through census sampling approach, all teachers of CRS were involved in filling the questionnaire. Analysis of data was done through descriptive statistics. The study established that teachers of CRS had high knowledge about the rationale of teaching CRS. It was also found that teachers of CRS had high knowledge of the aims of teaching CRS. It is therefore recommended that Universities that are mandated to train teachers of CRS in Ghana should include courses like curriculum studies in CRS emphasis, the rationale (philosophy and logic) and aims for the subject. This would ensure that teachers who teach CRS have adequate knowledge and the rationale and aims for teaching the subject. The Ghana Education Service (GES) in collaboration with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) should organise regular in-service trainings for the teachers of CRS.

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Niedźwiedź, Anna. "The Africanization of Catholicism in Ghana: From Inculturation to Pentecostalization." Religions 14, no. 9 (September 14, 2023): 1174. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14091174.

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This article discusses the Africanization of Catholicism in Ghana as a process that embraces activities deriving from the inculturation doctrine as well as those emerging during the most recent process of pentecostalization. The complex and changing historical and current discourses on “African tradition”, “traditional religion”, and “African spirituality” are presented in relation to the creation of an independent Ghana and the state-instigated concept of “national heritage”, as well as the Catholic theological developments strongly shaped by the Second Vatican Council. The influences of Pentecostal and charismatic Churches are described and the pentecostalization of Catholicism is interpreted as a kind of subversive development of inculturation doctrine and practices. The article refers to the material and embodied aspects of religion, pointing to the importance of material culture and “embodied continuation” in shaping contemporary African Christian and African Catholic identities. The article draws on ethnographic material collected in Catholic parishes in central Ghana.

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Bolaji, M. H. A. "Secularism and State Neutrality: The 2015 Muslim Protest of Discrimination in the Public Schools in Ghana." Journal of Religion in Africa 48, no. 1-2 (December 7, 2018): 65–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340123.

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AbstractPluralism is a discernible feature of many modern states. However, among the variants of pluralism, religious pluralism appears to be the most intractable in many modern states because faiths and values underpin the conflicts that are associated with it. As one of the legacies of the Enlightenment, secularism is a normative prescription for managing religious pluralism. Nevertheless, while many African states profess to be secular, more often than not there are no concrete strategies to objectify the secular arrangement thereby provoking questions on the status quo. Such was the case with the 2015 Muslims’ protest of discrimination in the public basic and second cycles schools in Ghana. Through primary (interviews and archival and historical documents) and secondary data, this paper examines the protest in light of the secularist arrangement. It first reviews the contours of the secularist’s lenses. Second, it historicizes Muslim-Christian relations in Ghana. It also analyzes the checkered partnership between the state and the Christian missions in the provision of education. Moreover, it evaluates the debates that ensued and the ambivalent communiqué that the National Peace Council (NPC) issued. The paper concludes with a note that underscores the dynamics and tensions that characterize many plural societies in their attempt to objectify the secularist principle.

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Ludwig, Frieder. "Tambaram: the West African Experience." Journal of Religion in Africa 31, no. 1 (2001): 49–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157006601x00031.

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AbstractTambaram 1938, held near Madras in South India, was the first conference of the International Missionary Council in which a significant number of Africans took part. It offered, therefore, a unique opportunity for the fifteen delegates from the continent. For the first time, West Africans exchanged views with South Africans about African Independent Churches, for the first time, they discussed issues such as the tolerance of polygamy in an international setting. The Africans were impressed by the efforts towards church union in India and by Gandhi's national movement. This article describes the experiences of three of the West African delegates, Alexander Babatunde Akinycle (Nigeria), Moses Odutola Dada (Nigeria) and Christian Goncalves Baeta (Gold Coast/Ghana). Baëta subsequently made a very significant contribution to West African Christianity as a church leader, theologian and academic.

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Tracy Kuperus. "Democratization, Religious Actors, and Political Influence: A Comparison of Christian Councils in Ghana and South Africa." Africa Today 64, no. 3 (2018): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/africatoday.64.3.02.

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Ayee, Joseph R. A. "K. A. Ninsin and F. K. Drah (eds.), The Search for Democracy in Ghana: a case study of political instability in Africa. Accra: Asempa Publishers for the Christian Council of Ghana, 1987, 176 pp., $6.00." Africa 59, no. 2 (April 1989): 240–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1160501.

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Komla, Nuekpe Dieudonne. "MUSLIM CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTER IN GHANA." Muslim-Christian Encounter 12, no. 2 (September 30, 2019): 193–234. http://dx.doi.org/10.30532/mce.2019.12.2.193.

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Haynes, Jeffrey. "Christian Nationalism and Politics in Ghana." Religions 14, no. 9 (September 20, 2023): 1202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14091202.

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This paper argues that Christian nationalism is a significant religious and political ideology in Ghana, a west African country whose population is 70 per cent Christian. In Ghana, Christian nationalism is not simply Christians seeking to make their collective voice heard on issues of national interest. Instead, Christian nationalists pursue a religious and political project with the aim of remaking Ghana according to their values and beliefs. To embed and consolidate influence, prominent Christian nationalists in Ghana both cultivate ‘insider’ status with powerful political elites and develop a high media profile in order to promote their views, encourage the government to adopt their policies, and increase the number of followers. This article makes two main arguments. First, Christian nationalists in Ghana seek to change public policy to remake the country according to their understanding of Christian morals and ethical behaviour. Second, Christian nationalists in Ghana pursue their goal—to build the kingdom of God on earth—in three main ways: (1) strong support for Ghana’s national cathedral, seen as a celebration of national unity and social cohesion; (2) attacks on alleged immorality of Ghana’s LGBTQ+ community; (3) vilify followers of minority religions to encourage the view that Christianity is the most appropriate religion in Ghana and that other religions are inferior.

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Afram, Alex. "AFRICAN CHRISTIAN COUNCIL, HAMBURG, GERMANY." International Review of Mission 89, no. 354 (July 2000): 434–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1758-6631.2000.tb00224.x.

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Minnich, Nelson H. "Lateran V and Peace among Christian Princes." Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum 48, no. 2 (September 14, 2019): 309–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.30965/25890433-04802002.

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The establishment of peace among Christian princes was a task assigned to the Fifth Lateran Council (1512–17) by the election capitularies of Julius ii (1503–13) and Leo X (1513–21), formally adopted in the bull of convocation, and repeated in the conciliar speeches of the popes and orators. The popes intervened to settle squabbles among conciliar participants and had the council issue bulls calling for peace and mandating prayers for it and the sending of letters, nuncios, and legates to promote it. Outside the council chamber, Leo X worked tirelessly to negotiate peace terms that would unite the Christian princes in a joint crusade against the infidels. He ended the council with peace agreements in place that would be broken by the French and then by others.

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Taege, Marlys. "The Christian Council on Persons with Disabilities." Journal of Religion, Disability & Health 10, no. 1-2 (May 31, 2006): 141–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j095v10n01_10.

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Grouchevoy, A. G. "The Mixed Council in the History of Antioch patriarchate. The facts and their interpretation." Orientalistica 6, no. 5 (February 1, 2024): 886–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2023-6-5-886-899.

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The Mixed Council is an especial form of political interaction of Christians with ofϐicials and diplomats of Ottoman and Russian Empires. The Council was formed in equal numbers form the representatives of hierarchs and seculars. The Council existed in all regions of Ottoman empire inhabited by Christian population. The sources show that the Mixed Council created in order and control all school Institutions as also the schools process was ϐirstly created in the Antioch patriarchy under the pressure of famous diplomat N.P. Ignatieff who was Russian ambassador in Constantinople in 1864–1877 years. The Mixed Council was considered also as a possibility to diminish or even to avoid the inner conϐlicts of Christian population in Syria and Palestine. The active participation of Russian empire in the inner problems of Christian patriarchates may easily be explained by the volume of ϐinancial investments of Russian Empire/ 80% of budget of Jerusalem patriarchate and 30% of Antiochene patriarchy was composed from the money of Russian origin.

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Meyer, B. "Powerful Pictures: Popular Christian Aesthetics in Southern Ghana." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 76, no. 1 (February 5, 2008): 82–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfm092.

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Borchardt, C. F. A. "Die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk en die Suid-Afrikaanse Raad van Kerke." Verbum et Ecclesia 8, no. 1 (July 17, 1987): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v8i1.960.

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The Dutch Reformed Church and the South African Council of Churches The General Missionary Conference which was founded in 1904 became the Christian Council of South Africa in 1936. In 1940 a founder member, viz. the Transvaal Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church withdrew from the council. In 1968 a change of name to the South African Council of Churches reflected a deeper involvement in social and political matters and it gradually also became more representative of the black Christian point of view. Despite various invitations, the Dutch Reformed Church has not rejoined the Council and relations have been very strained, but at its last synod in 1986 the Dutch Reformed Church decided that informal discussions could be held.

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Omenyo, Cephas. "The Charismatic Renewal Movement in Ghana." Pneuma 16, no. 1 (1994): 169–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157007494x00166.

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AbstractThe wave of Charismatic renewal which is now sweeping across the Christian Church worldwide has asserted itself very strongly in Ghana. Its influence can be felt in almost every region of the country where there are Christians.

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Petelin, Boris V. "CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC UNION/THE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL UNION AND THE FRANKFURT ECONOMIC COUNCIL OF BIZONIA IN 1947-1949." Vestnik of Kostroma State University 28, no. 4 (February 28, 2023): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2022-28-4-14-20.

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The fate of Germany after the collapse of the Nazi regime was in the hands of the victors, who took upon themselves the responsibility to ensure its unity. However, the actions of the military authorities in the west and in the east of the country led to the opposite result. The creation of Bizonia by the Anglo-American administrations and the establishment of the Economic Council, as discussed in the article, was a departure from the decisions of the Potsdam Conference. This was facilitated by the German CDU and CSU parties, which prepared the economic, political and legislative foundations of the future West German state. However, it must be admitted that the activities of the Economic Council contributed to the normalization of the life of the German population in the Western occupation zones, the revival of the market economy, which, with the participation of Ludwig Erhard, became known as the ‟socio-market economy”. In fact, as highlighted in this article, German politicians, deputies of the Economic Council took responsibility for overcoming the devastating consequences of the war.

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Quayesi-Amakye, Joseph. "A YEAST IN THE FLOUR: PENTECOSTALISM AS THE AFRICAN REALISATION OF THE GOSPEL." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 42, no. 3 (February 23, 2017): 71–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/1591.

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The paper discusses the contributions of Pentecostalism to the development of the Christian faith in Ghana and Africa. It argues that Pentecostalism is what fulfils the aspirations and quest of Ghanaian (African) Christians in their search for authentic Christian life. Christianity came to West Africa as a Western contextualised religion impinged by the nineteenth-century rationalisation, the product of the Enlightenment. This paper contends that Pentecostals influence the ethos and praxis of older mission churches in Ghana. It describes, analyses and assesses the various ways Pentecostals are helping to integrate the Christian faith into the religio-social contexts of Ghanaians. This is a complete paradigm shift from their earlier posture to social matters.

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Armitage, James, Paul Cathcart, and Mayoni Gooneratne. "Presidential visit to Ghana." Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 88, no. 6 (June 1, 2006): 202–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147363506x114063.

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The College president Mr Bernard Ribeiro was invited by the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) to participate in its annual conference in Ghana in February 2006. Along with the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), our College had also been asked by the conference committee to run an intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course together with a Research Methods course. Mr Martyn Coomer, head of research at the College, assembled a team that included Professor Jerry Kirk (former Council member), Dr Jan van der Meulen (director of the College's clinical effectiveness unit) and three of the College's research fellows.

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Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii-Boye, Francis Annor, Johnny Andoh-Arthur, Theophilus Tagoe, and Evelyn Osei-Poku. "PSYCHOLOGISTS IN GHANA: ANALYSIS OF THE STANDING REGISTER." New Voices in Psychology 12, no. 1 (May 3, 2017): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/1812-6371/1627.

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The maiden register of the Ghana Psychological Council published in September 2015 represents the first national official standing register of psychologists in Ghana. Drawing on this maiden register, this paper presents a seminal analysis of the distribution of psychologists in Ghana in terms of categories of specialisation, gender composition, areas of employment, location of practice, and institutions of training. A copy of the gazette of registered psychologists was obtained from the office of the registrar of the Ghana Psychological Council and quantitative content analysis was conducted on the list of registered mainstream psychologists. Among other things, the analysis shows that there are 166 (largely Ghanaian-trained) psychologists categorised into six main subfields in the country. Females represent the majority in terms of gender composition. Colleges/polytechnics/universities are the main areas of employment; the practising locations of 69.9% of the psychologists are in Accra, with no psychologist registered from the Brong-Ahafo and Upper East regions. Despite the challenges with the maiden register of psychologists in Ghana, the register does provide a good database for reflections on the availability, diversity and distribution of psychologists in Ghana.

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Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena. "'On the "Mountain" of the Lord' Healing Pilgrimages in Ghanaian Christianity." Exchange 36, no. 1 (2007): 65–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157254307x159425.

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AbstractIn Ghana, as with other African religious and cultural contexts, religion is a survival strategy. It is a dynamic phenomenon, which at every level of appropriation has been experiencing certain innovations informed by existential and supra-mundane needs. Some of these innovative appropriations of religion in contemporary Ghana include pilgrimages to religious sites in search of God's intervention for healing. Roman Catholicism, mainline Protestantism and Pentecostalism, the three main streams of Christian expression in Ghana have all had their members develop penchants for such pilgrimages although patronage is never denomination specific. In this article we examine some of the innovative ways in which healing pilgrimages have developed in the various Christian traditions and what implications these have for understanding religion in a contemporary African religio-cultural context.

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Kropáček, Luboš. "Christian-Moslem Relations after the Second Vatican Council." Caritas et veritas 6, no. 1 (March 30, 2016): 115–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/cetv.2016.015.

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Amevenku, Frederick Mawusi. "Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and the Pursuit of Ethnic Harmony in Ghana." Religions 14, no. 12 (November 30, 2023): 1491. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel14121491.

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Ethnic disharmony exists among the people of Ghana. What are the reasons for this? Ghana is an amalgamation of different ethnic groups, cultures, peoples and states to form one entity. The partition of Africa is mainly responsible for this, though there are other contributing factors. The project to partition Africa led, in large measure, to the erosion of the African identity. The 19th- and 20th-century European Christian mission to southern West Africa exploited this reality to their mission advantage. Unfortunately, the result seems to be counterproductive because the mission project, for the most part, produced a version of Christianity that failed to affirm the African identity. Concerned Africans, now on a mission to deconstruct the imperialist, European mission-constructed West African Christian identity, realise that biblical interpretation is one major source of this decolonial agenda. How does a mother-tongue reading of Ephesians 2 help decolonise Eυe Christianity and promote ethnic harmony in Ghana? Using mother-tongue biblical hermeneutics, this paper argues that the pursuit of ethnic harmony in Ghana is a decolonial hermeneutic with potential for fostering ethnic harmony in Ghana.

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Darkwa Amanor, Kwabena. "Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches in Ghana and the African Culture: Confrontation or Compromise?" Journal of Pentecostal Theology 18, no. 1 (2009): 123–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/174552509x442192.

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AbstractThe paper establishes the reality of conflict between Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches in Ghana and the African culture. It examines the history of this conflict since the early days of Christianity in Ghana as well as the causes of the conflict. It also looks at the effects of the conflict on the dialogue expected between Christianity and the African culture, mediation efforts by third party governance and civil society organizations, and the theological implications of the antagonism for the Christian engagement with other non-Christian religions, especially, Islam, which shares Africa with Christianity.

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Agyei, Samuel Kofi, Emmanuel Kumah, Peter Agyei Baffour, and Samuel E. Ankomah. "Patient perception of service quality in Ghana: an empirical study in Christian Health Association of Ghana Hospitals." British Journal of Healthcare Management 26, no. 6 (June 2, 2020): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2019.0048.

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Background/aims Understanding patients' views on healthcare quality allows healthcare managers and policy makers to address any gaps and promote a patient-centred approach in healthcare delivery. A study was carried out to evaluate patients' perception of the quality of services in hospitals affiliated with the Christian Health Association of Ghana. Methods The SERVQUAL scale was used to survey 540 patients in 18 Christian Health Association of Ghana hospitals. Using STATA software package (version 13.0), mean scores of the patients' expectations and perceptions of service quality were computed. A t-test was performed to determine the significance levels of the difference between the mean scores for expectation and perception. Results The patients' expectations were not met. The five SERVQUAL dimensions showed statistically significant negative mean service quality gap scores. Conclusions Further investigations into the reasons that the patients responded in this way are warranted to help in stepping up patient-focused interventions to bridge the perceived service quality gaps identified.

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Ofori-Kuragu, Joseph Kwame, De-Graft Owusu-Manu, and Joshua Ayarkwa. "The Case for a Construction Industry Council in Ghana." Journal of Construction in Developing Countries 21, no. 2 (2016): 131–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2016.21.2.7.

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Petrosyan, Nelli. "Saint Gregory The Illuminator and Canons of Nicene Ecumenical Council." WISDOM 1, no. 6 (July 1, 2016): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v1i6.73.

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The Nicene Creed in the Armenian Apostolic Church is a stricter version of the Christian faith. Christian recites it as a confession of his faith. The article attempts to identify formulation origins of creed partly related with apostolic times. Next is presented, how in year 325 during the first ecumenical meeting convened in Nicaea the high-ranking fathers collected the items of Christian faith and gave the name of Nicene Creed or Creed. Gregory the Illuminator accepted the decisions of the Nicene creed and canonize that Creed in the Armenian Apostolic Church, however, unlike other Christian churches, add his own confession. In addition to that Creed, two more Creeds are canonized and stored in the Armenian Church. All of them express the nature and essence of God and Holy Trinity, which is the foundation and major axis of Christianity.

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Meier zu Selhausen, Felix, Alexander Moradi, and Remi Jedwab. "Georeferenced data of Christian mission stations, Ghana (1752–1932)." Data in Brief 38 (October 2021): 107445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107445.

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Kirby, Jon P. "Toward a Christian Response to Witchcraft in Northern Ghana." International Bulletin of Missionary Research 39, no. 1 (January 2015): 19–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/239693931503900106.

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Anim-Boamah, Oboshie, Christmal Dela Christmals, and Susan Jennifer Armstrong. "The Clinical Nursing Competency Assessment System of Ghana: Perspectives of Key Informants." SAGE Open 12, no. 2 (April 2022): 215824402210899. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21582440221089960.

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It is essential to ensure that nurses are well trained and competent enough to provide safe and quality healthcare because of the critical role they play in the health systems globally. It is against this backdrop that Ghana instituted nursing licensing examination which includes clinical competency assessment. This qualitative exploratory descriptive study sought to explore and describe the perspectives of key informants on the clinical nursing competency assessment in Ghana. A total of 20 purposively selected key informants (nurse educators, nurse clinicians, and nurse managers) were interviewed. Data was analyzed using thematic content analysis. Although the intention of the clinical competency examination conducted by the nursing council is to ensure that only competent nurses are licensed to practice in Ghana, there are inherent issues such as manipulation of examiners, poor training of examiners, unstandardized assessment process, and inadequate resource which compromises the intent of the process. The nursing council admitted to not being aware of some of the challenges found in this study and will work towards improving the quality, validity, reliability, and fairness of the examination system. It is essential that the council institute quality improvement processes, including independent research into the examination process, to continually improve on the process because other countries within the sub-region try to benchmark their nursing licensing examination on that of Ghana.

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Selorme Gedzi, Victor, and Ignatius Nti-Abankoro. "Christian faith and economic development : a case study of some Christian workers in Ghana’s public sector in Kumasi." African Journal of Religion, Philosophy and Culture 1, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 39–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.31920/2634-7644/2020/1n2a3.

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This study assessed Christian faith in relation to economic development of Ghana using some Christian Workers in Ghana's public sector in Kumasi as a sampled case study. Sectors studied were the judicial service, the public education sector, the health and the police services. Christian faith used in the study referred to normative values that would inform activities of individual Christian workers in the public sector economy. Consequently, the framework of the study is obtained from New Institutional Economics that is employed for the analysis of the relationship between values and economic performance. The data came via unstructured individual and group interviews, supplemented by observation and related literature. The study has shown that apart from a few who actually translated their faith into productive lives, majority of Christians in the unit of analysis have participated one way or other in corrupt practices that to a large extent, undermined the economic development of Ghana.

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Osei-Tutu, Annabella, Mabel Oti-Boadi, Adjeiwa Akosua Affram, Vivian A. Dzokoto, Paapa Yaw Asante, Francis Agyei, and Abraham Kenin. "Premarital Counseling Practices among Christian and Muslim Lay Counselors in Ghana." Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling: Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications 74, no. 3 (September 23, 2020): 203–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1542305020916721.

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We examined premarital counseling services offered by Christian and Muslim lay counselors in Ghana. Participants including clergy, Islamic clerics, and laity practicing in four urban centers were interviewed. Thematic analysis showed that common issues covered include medical screening, beliefs and values, expectations, partner knowledge, roles and duties, sex, parenthood, financial management, communication, and conflicts. The findings offer important insight into religious premarital counseling in Ghana and contribute to the global literature on premarital counseling.

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Sarbah, Cosmas E. "Contextualization of Christian Theological Formation in Ghana: Nature, Challenges, and Prospects." Journal for the Study of Religion 35, no. 1 (July 27, 2022): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3027/2022/v35n1a7.

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Like in many African countries, Christians in Ghana bought into the concept of the contextualization of Christian theological formation - decades ago. Contextualization is generally accepted as teaching essential Christian disciplines with an active engagement of the religious and cultural environment, and the introduction of non-traditional disciplines such as the African indigenous religions and Islam curriculum of the theological institutes. Through one-on-one interviews with a cross-section of students and lecturers (formators) from both public and private theological institutions in Ghana, the author concludes that the process of the contextualization of disciplines still has a long way to go. This essay argues that, though the contextualization project is bedeviled by some challenges such as strong reservations about contextual-ization, the need to bow to the universal denominational agenda, and the difficulty of synchronizing theological objectives with proper teaching and learning methodologies, contextualization is essential for effective evangelization and promotion of interreligious dialogue in Ghana.

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Christmals, Christmal Dela, Lydia Aziato, and Laetitia Charmaine Rispel. "Perceptions of the functioning and effectiveness of nursing regulators in Ghana and South Africa: a cross-sectional study." BMJ Open 11, no. 12 (December 2021): e050580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050580.

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ObjectiveNursing regulators are important governance structures for nurses who are critical to the achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). This study examined the perspectives of the heads of nursing education institutions (NEIs) in Ghana and South Africa on the functioning and effectiveness of the respective nursing regulators.DesignThis was a cross-sectional survey.SettingThis study was conducted in Ghana and South AfricaParticipantsHeads of accredited NEIs in Ghana (n=65) and in South Africa (n=39).ResultsIn South Africa, the mean score for overall functioning of the South African Nursing Council (SANC) was 4.6 (SD 1.97), whereas the mean score for overall functioning of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana (N&MC) was 7.1 (SD 1.7) (p<0.0001). Similarly, the mean score for effectiveness of the SANC by NEIs was 5.1, compared with the mean effectiveness score of 7.2 for the N&MC (p<0.001).Compared to the SANC, the heads of NEIs scored the N&MC higher on each of the six functional areas of policy-making (Ghana=7.06; SA=4.56); accreditation (Ghana=7.40; SA=4.10) legal and disciplinary actions (Ghana=6.45; SA=5.52); examination (Ghana=7.84; SA=5.00); registration (Ghana=8.27; SA=5.96) and communication and transparency (Ghana=6.87; SA=6.05).ConclusionBoth the N&MC and SANC are well-established regulators and are vital to ensure that the nursing workforce in each country is able to deliver quality healthcare, thereby contributing to UHC and population health improvements. However, the study findings suggest the need for concerted efforts to improve the functioning and effectiveness of the regulators, especially the SANC. The six functional areas could guide the necessary improvements in regulator functioning and effectiveness, in partnership with relevant stakeholders.

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Norman, Ishmael D. "Exploring Work Ethic in Ghana." European Journal of Development Studies 3, no. 2 (March 13, 2023): 23–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejdevelop.2023.3.2.232.

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This paper explores the philosophical, sociological and historical basis of work-ethic in Ghana, bearing in mind Marx Weber’s Protestant Work Ethic and its effects on largely Christian and capitalistic population of Ghana. It relies on normative ethics, the collective national perception of work and actual productivity in certain industries, the quality of made-in-Ghana goods and services, and the pursuit of professionalism, aided by extensive literature review and content analysis. The author raised the dialectical but main research question as to whether Ghana has a national ethical code beyond the imported Judo-Christian, and other faith-based but incongruent moral dictums on work. The second research question is whether the ethnic groups in Ghana have their unique but positive culturally relative or philosophical takes on work? Third inquiry was whether the myriad cultural values coalesce into a cultural ethical relative value system for Ghana? The key outcome of the exploration revealed, there appears to be disconnect between official rhetoric on productivity and the phenomenon of work in the nation and among the ethnic groups. This is due to the absence of a well-defined national or regional overarching moral basis for work. There is also the lack of the cultural estimation of productivity as a measure of a well-functioning workforce and society like Germany and Japan, or a more laissez faire nation like the United States of America. As novel as this paper is about Ghana’s work ethic, it may not inform policy on national productivity or even help to define the national work ethic, due to the fact that the author is not a politician with power over policy direction in Ghana.

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Mawusi, Foster Eddison, and Eric Kwadzo Klutse. "The Church Music, Transition and Reforms in the Ghanaian Christian Church." International Journal of Culture and Religious Studies 4, no. 1 (June 7, 2023): 46–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/ijcrs.1301.

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Purpose: The discourse examines the origin of Church music, its transition and reforms in the Christian church in Ghana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The paper explores the seeming connection and embodiment of elements of Judaism as well as features characterized by the early Patriarchal Church Music policy. It also seeks to unravel the forgotten process that unpins the transition characterized by these musical reforms in the church in Ghana. Methodology: To do this, the paper engaged in a desk study review of the existing empirical literature on the origin of church music and specifically, the various transitional periods between the late 19th and early 21st Centuries. Findings: It became evident from the study that the church in Ghana, just like in many other African nations broke the imposing dictatorship of Patriarchal Church Music policy giving birth to new movements in church music reforms. This major breakthrough was achieved through the indigenization activities such as the integration of traditional features and acceptance of secular music into the church by the locally formed independent churches. Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: The discourse, therefore, concludes that the church in Ghana made considerable strive with heavy transformation in gaining musical autonomy despite the intensity of resistance. However, ironically the Ghanaian church music scene remains the embodiment of converging cultures; partly Western, partly Ghanaian. This must be a major concern for further study.

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Yarotskiy, Petro. ""Holy and Great Cathedral" of the Orthodox Church." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 79 (August 30, 2016): 18–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2016.79.671.

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An important event of the Orthodox world of the last year was the Cathedral, which took place on June 19-28 on. Mole. The extraordinary nature of this council is that it was convened 1229 years after the last (seventh) Ecumenical Council in 787, which was not yet split into Orthodoxy and Catholicism (which occurred in 1054) of a single Christian Church. The Catholic Church then independently held its 22 councils, the last of which - the Second Vatican Council was held in 1962-1965. In Orthodoxy, extraterrestrial silence prevailed, since its hierarchs believed that for the "fullness and maturity" of the Christian Church there was enough canonical work of the seven Ecumenical Councils that took place during 325-787 years.

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Bencke, Romi Márcia. "Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World: Brazil and its Pulsating Plurality." Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 36, no. 1 (January 2019): 29–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265378819831849.

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This article traces the efforts of the National Council of Churches in Brazil to endorse the document ‘Christian witness in a multi-religious world’ and to implement its recommendations in the practice of churches in Brazil. The reception of the document is placed into the historical development of the ecumenical movement in Brazil since an important conference in 1962 in Recife, Brazil, and the impact the Second Vatican Council had in the Latin American country. The focus is then on how the religious plurality in the country started to be perceived. Three examples follow showing how fundamentalist Christian groups oppose other religious expressions in the country and how the churches united in the council are challenged by the spirit of witnessing in respect to embrace pluralism.

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Adler, Karen. "French council of Christian churches condemns racism and antisemitism." Patterns of Prejudice 23, no. 4 (December 1989): 49–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0031322x.1989.9970032.

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Frempong, Victoria Elorm. "Municipal solid waste management in tarkwa area council (TAC), ghana." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 8, no. 4 (December 31, 2013): 563–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/sdp-v8-n4-563-575.

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Stiles-Ocran, David. "Community vs. Individual Development in Christian Social Practice in Ghana." Diaconia 11, no. 2 (December 2, 2020): 193–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/diac.2020.11.2.193.

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Addai-Mununkum, Richardson. "Rethinking Christian Religious Education in Ghana: History, Challenges and Prospects." Journal of Research on Christian Education 23, no. 3 (September 2, 2014): 294–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10656219.2014.966873.

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Obu, Raphael Nyarkotey, and Lawrencia Aggrey-Bluwey. "Commentary on locus standi of Traditional Medicine Practice Act 575 and complementary and alternative medicine practices in Ghana." IP Journal of Nutrition, Metabolism and Health Science 5, no. 2 (July 15, 2022): 76–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.18231/j.ijnmhs.2022.014.

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One significant aspect of the Traditional Medicine Practice Act (2000) Act 575 is to ensure the registration of Traditional Medicine Practitioners in the Ghanaian jurisdiction that comes within its ambit. This is made clear by the preamble to the law, which states in part, that the law is to establish a Council to regulate the practice of traditional medicine, to register practitioners and license practices, to regulate the preparation and sale of herbal medicine and to provide for related matters. Thus the letter and spirit of the law are clear without ambiguity. The Traditional Medicine Practice Council established by Act 575 now regulates Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices in Ghana. This commentary provides or the capacity of Act 575 and the practice of CAM in Ghana.

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Alhassan, Abdul Rauf. "Polygynous marriage union among Ghanaian Christian women: Socio-demographic predictors." PLOS ONE 18, no. 4 (April 27, 2023): e0275764. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275764.

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Introduction Polygamy has declined in the last decade, but it is still prevalent in West African nations including Ghana even with the arrival of Christianity and colonists, which came to be recognized as a form of slavery that needed to be abolished. Aim To analyze the determinants of polygyny among married Christian women in Ghana. Methods Ghana Maternal Health Survey data was used for this study to do an analytic cross-section study. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20. The association between dependent and independent variables was explored using chi-square and logistic regression. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results The prevalence of Ghanaian Christian women’s involvement in polygyny marriage union was 12.2%, the prevalence was higher (15.0%) among women of Anglican denomination, catholic denomination (13.9%), and the lowest (8.4%) prevalence recorded among those of Methodist denominations. The predictor factors identified include the age of the woman, history of education, type of place of residence, region, ethnicity, early sex initiation, and history of multiple unions. Conclusion The prevalence of polygyny in this present study is high given the strict position the Christian religion has against polygyny. This study recommends that the pros and cons of polygyny are objectively looked at from a scientific point rather than a religious point of view.

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Bernard, Toffa Akuetey, Mawuli Adzei, and Alberta Aseye Ama Duhoe. "The irony in funeral of two religious sects in Ghana: A comparative study in Islam and Christianity." Research Journal in Advanced Humanities 1, no. 3 (July 1, 2020): 58–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.58256/rjah.v1i3.164.

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This study examines the irony in the two religions, Christian and Islamic with respect to the organization and patronage of funerals in Ghana. Data was collected in four communities across Ghana comprising two Christian and two Moslem communities. This study adopted a collection of both primary and secondary data sources. The primary data was analyzed qualitatively in order to obtain the information on the funeral services conducted in the religions of Islam and Christianity. The study relied on appropriate primary sources. Such primary data was collected at a realistic level through informal conversational interviews, organized individual interviews and focus group interviews (FGIs). Islamic rules prescribe certain guidelines of how Muslims plan for a burial. Most of the particulars of Muslim funeral rites are taken from Prophet Muhammad’s terms. Christian funeral procedures on the other hand are diversified across sects, regions, and cultural heritage. The Christians advocates for the dead to be buried with respect, but does not propose the particulars of funeral services. The study gives the information on the different practices adopted by the Islamic and Christian religions and therefore contributes to the knowledge of research.

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Duncan, Graham A., and Anthony Egan. "The Ecumenical Struggle in South Africa: The Role of Ecumenical Movements and Organisations in Liberation Movements to 1965." Ecclesiastical Law Journal 17, no. 3 (September 2015): 269–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x15000423.

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When we contemplate ecumenism in South Africa in the twentieth century, we often automatically think of the outstanding work of the South African Council of Churches during the years of apartheid. However, it had two precursors in the General Missionary Conference of South Africa (1904–36) and the Christian Council of South Africa (1936–68). Parallel yet integral to these developments we note the significant contribution of the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference. These did not originate or exist in a vacuum but responded to the needs and currents in society and were active in the midst of para-movements such as the Christian Institute.

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Akuetteh, Alfred Patterson, Emmanuel Awuni Kolog, Richard Boateng, and Sulemana Bankuoru Egala. "Fit and Viable Determinants of Gamification in Christian Religious Studies in Developing Economy Context." Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture 12, no. 2-3 (November 30, 2023): 160–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/21659214-bja10101.

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Abstract Gamification has been utilized in bible applications for religious learning activities to create excitement and encourage positive behavioral outcomes. However, there is a noticeable gap in the effectiveness and viability of gamified bible applications, particularly among Ghanaian Christian faiths. In this study, we explored the fit and viability of gamification in Christian religious studies. Based on the Fit-Viability Theory, we analyzed data from 432 respondents from various Christian denominations in Ghana using structural equation modelling. Our findings revealed that Task and Technology Characteristics, Economic, Organizational, and individual Christian Doctrines significantly influence the adoption and use of gamified Bible applications in a developing country context.

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Berinyuu, Abraham Adu. "Change, Ritual, and Grief: Continuity and Discontinuity of Pastoral Theology in Ghana." Journal of Pastoral Care 46, no. 2 (June 1992): 141–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002234099204600206.

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Uses a life segment from a Westernized Ghanaian man going through grief over the death of his father to illustrate the conflicts implicit when Ghanaian culture and religious values interact with Western civilization and Christianity. Develops the thesis that a pastoral theology of ritual may provide a religious understanding in which Western Christian notions and practices and the original understandings of Ghanaians can be bridged. Notes especially the role of the cross in providing a symbol capable of creatively relating original cultic meanings witn an enlightened Christian understanding of death and grief.

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Onyinah, O. Onyinah. "Pentecostal transformation in Africa: The rise and growth of the Church of Pentecost." Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission 1, no. 1 (July 1, 2016): 12–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.62868/pjtm.v1i1.165.

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The emergence, growth and development of The Church of Pentecost (CoP), Ghana is a demonstration of a new era of African Christianity. The Church of Pentecost was listed as the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Ghana by the last empirical church survey of the Ghana Evangelism Committee. In 193 7, James and Sophia McKeown were sent by the Apostolic church in the UK to the then Gold Coast (now Ghana) as missionaries. Working in partnership with the indigenous converts and personnel, McKeown worked tirelessly in Ghana to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the country through his emphases on the word of God, the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, and holy living. In 1953 McKeown was compelled to come out of the Apostolic Church of the UK and get along with the indigenous people under the name 'Ghana Apostolic Church' which was renamed 'The Church of Pentecost' in 1962.

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Kallinen, Timo. "“I now go to church, I am not under the chief”." Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society 33, no. 3 (January 1, 2008): 6–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.30676/jfas.v33i3.116380.

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Today traditional chieftaincy in Africa has become a topic of public and academic discussions about good governance, democracy, civil society and the like. Chieftaincy is perceived increasingly as a ‘political institution’ and the religious quality of the chiefly offices that the classic ethnographies emphasized has been largely forgotten. The essay seeks to explain this disjuncture by looking at the case of the Asante people of Ghana, claiming that one of the most dramatic changes brought by the colonial rule was the secularization of indigenous leadership, which permanently transformed the ways in which the traditional institutions were conceptualized. The origin of the contemporary ‘political discourse’ about chiefs is traced to the conflicts between Christian missions and chiefs during the early colonial period. Keywords: divine kingship, Christian missions, colonialism, Asante people of Ghana

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