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SREL 365-Religion and the Renaissance

The rise of the Renaissance.  Renaissance and Reformation.  The rise of rationalism and Religion.
The influence of Liberal Protestantism.  The Renaissance and the 19thCentury Missions in Ghana.  The Renaissance and...

SREL 362-Religion and Leadership

Examination of various forms of traditional leadership forms (e.g., Chieftaincy, Priesthhood, Asafo Leadership, Female chiefs and leaders, new forms of traditional Leadership such as the “chiefs of Development”, etc). The impact of social change...

SREL 358-The Reformation

The background to the Reformation. The causes of the Reformation. Erasmus and Martin Luther. Martin Luther and the Holy Roman See. The Formation of Lutheran Churches. The Roman Catholic Reformation (The Counter-Reformation). The Reformation and the emergence...

SREL 354- New Testament Interpretation (Pre-req.: SREL 377)

A study of the historical background, the context and purpose of selected New Testament books. An exegetical study of the selected book that makes use of modern hermeneutical methods, including linguistic analysis, textual criticism and other historical-...

SREL 349-Psychology of Religion

Psychological understanding of religious experience. Religion as pathological and as therapeutic. Conversion. Religion and stress. Religion and personal values. The religious individual and society. Religious experience in the Ghanaian context.

SREL 346: Islam in Ghana

The origins and development of Islam in Ghana. The origins, nature and characteristics of Islam in the Volta Basin. Islam in the North, Asante and on the coast of Ghana. Islam and national politics;
Islamic literacy tradition; Islamic organizations; Islamic...

SREL 346-slam in Ghana

The origins and development of Islam in Ghana. The origins, nature and characteristics of Islam in the Volta Basin. Islam in the North, Asante and on the coast of Ghana. Islam and national politics; Islamic literacy tradition; Islamic organizations; Islamic...

SREL 339-Old Testament Introduction

The History of the formation of the Old Testament Canon.Basic literary features/problems associated with the three divisions of the TANAK (Torah, Neviim, Kethuviim). Questions of Jewish, Christian (Catholic and Protestant) positions about the Old Testament...

SREL 333: Islamic Ethics

General introduction to ethics. Characteristics of Muslim Ethics and morality. Selected moral philosophers, e.g., Imam Ghazzali. Inner and external actions. Moral education and enforcement of morals. Ethical and moral teachings, contemporary issues e.g.,...

SREL 333-Islamic Ethics

General introduction to ethics. Characteristics of Muslim Ethics and morality. Selected moral philosophers, e.g., Imam Ghazzali. Inner and external actions. Moral education and enforcement of morals. Ethical and moral teachings, contemporary issues e.g.,...

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