Relevant bibliographies by topics / Ghanaian Indigenous spirituality

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Academic literature on the topic 'Ghanaian Indigenous spirituality'

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Journal articles on the topic "Ghanaian Indigenous spirituality"

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Hausermann, Heidi. "Spirit hospitals and “concern with herbs”: A political ecology of healing and being-in-common in Ghana." Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, December 13, 2019, 251484861989391. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2514848619893915.

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Despite attention to the transformative capacities of “nonhumans” in both political ecology and commons scholarship, analyses remain limited to material realms, ignoring spiritual understandings. This article draws attention to the neglected domain of spirituality and being-in-common in the geographic study of health and disease. In Ghanaian healing contexts, spiritualists move between human and nonhuman domains to gain information and counter witchcraft, enlisting other material and spiritual entities in the process. Herbalists, by contrast, privilege botanical knowledge/practice over disease ontologies. All healers draw from therapeutic plants in assemblage with others (spirits, witches, ancestors, patients) and enact alternative economies. This research contributes to geographic scholarship in several ways. First, I integrate recent commons research into a political ecology of health framework with an eye on affective healing relations in material and spiritual realms. I draw from long-term ethnographic research and indigenous standpoints to understand spirituality in health contexts. Such integration leads to more robust and decolonial political ecologies of health and clearer understandings of how and why healing occurs.
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Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena. "Encountering Jesus in African Christianity: A Ghanaian evangelical/pentecostal thought on faith, experience, and hope in Christ." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 62, no. 2 (2006). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v62i2.363.

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This article constitutes a preliminary attempt at reflecting upon Ghana’s journey with a particular tradition within the Christian faith. The author discusses the relevance of Jesus in the contemporary Evangelical/Pentecostal Churches by taking a closer look at how the person of Christ and other elements of evangelical spirituality are appropriated within the indigenous cultural matrix of the country.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ghanaian Indigenous spirituality"

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Darko, Isaac N. "Ghanaian Indigenous Health Practices: The Use of Herbs." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18072.

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Herbal medicines remain integral part of indigenous health care system in Ghana. Most conventional health medicines are directly or indirectly derived from plants or herbs. Despite its significant role in modern medicine indigenous herbal practices has been on the low light for some time due to perceived antagonistic relationship that exists between practitioners of herbal medicine and their counterpart in the conventional system. Using an indigenous knowledge discursive framework, the thesis examined the relevance of herbal medicine to the contemporary Ghanaian society. The thesis also examined the tension between the indigenous herbal practitioners and their orthodox counterparts. The thesis noted that for health care system in Ghana to be effective, there is a need for collaborate relations between these two practitioners. Also, it was noted that for health care system to be effective in Ghana, spirituality has to be central in the works of the herbal practitioners.
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McDonnell, Jadie. "Re-theorizing the Integral Link between Culture and Development: Exploring Ghanaian Proverbs as Theoretical and Practical Knowledges for Development." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33664.

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The current approach to African development is driven by Euro-Western material/physical approaches that fail to acknowledge the integral link between culture and development. For African development to truly speak to the realities and needs of African peoples, a reconceptualization of development is necessary, one which examines how Indigenous African knowledges can inform development. Using an anti-colonial, critical development and Indigenous discursive frameworks, this thesis examines how Akan, Gonja and Bogon proverbs, as Indigenous African knowledges, provide theoretical and practical knowledges for reconceptualising localized approaches to African development. Through interviews with local development practitioners and local Chiefs and the analysis of collected proverbs, the thesis reveals that proverbs, as linguistic, cultural and spiritual knowledges are deeply embedded in Ghanaian life and may function as excellent culturally relevant tools for a localized approach to African development.
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Book chapters on the topic "Ghanaian Indigenous spirituality"

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Owusu-Ansah, Frances Emily, and Gordon M. Donnir. "Psychotherapy in Indigenous Context Psychotherapy in Indigenous Context." In Research Anthology on Rehabilitation Practices and Therapy. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3432-8.ch053.

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This chapter posits that the science of psychotherapy is a culturally defined art. Psychological theories must, of necessity and efficacy, be adapted and responsive to the context within which they are practiced. The Ghanaian cultural context is deeply spiritually-oriented. Socio-religious beliefs in this cultural context define the Ghanaian concept of health, ill health, and health-seeking behaviours. Therefore, effective psychotherapy and culturally competent care must be context specific and suited to the needs, norms, practices and beliefs of the indigenous people. Yet, it is not unusual to find clinicians who practice in one cultural context but were trained in another; a situation that sometimes hinders effective service delivery. The chapter discusses some of the challenges faced by Ghanaian psychotherapists, practicing in Ghana, who were trained in a non-African cultural context. Excerpts of clinical case studies are used to illustrate these issues and suggestions for culturally competent care conclude the chapter.
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Owusu-Ansah, Frances Emily, and Gordon M. Donnir. "Psychotherapy in Indigenous Context Psychotherapy in Indigenous Context." In Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0833-5.ch018.

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This chapter posits that the science of psychotherapy is a culturally defined art. Psychological theories must, of necessity and efficacy, be adapted and responsive to the context within which they are practiced. The Ghanaian cultural context is deeply spiritually-oriented. Socio-religious beliefs in this cultural context define the Ghanaian concept of health, ill health, and health-seeking behaviours. Therefore, effective psychotherapy and culturally competent care must be context specific and suited to the needs, norms, practices and beliefs of the indigenous people. Yet, it is not unusual to find clinicians who practice in one cultural context but were trained in another; a situation that sometimes hinders effective service delivery. The chapter discusses some of the challenges faced by Ghanaian psychotherapists, practicing in Ghana, who were trained in a non-African cultural context. Excerpts of clinical case studies are used to illustrate these issues and suggestions for culturally competent care conclude the chapter.
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