Kwaku Boamah
About
Rev. Dr. Kwaku Boamah is the Convenor of the History and Missions Section. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the Aarhus University, Denmark in the Religious Roots of Europe as well as a PhD from the University of Ghana. His area of specialization is Early Church History (Patrology) with emphasis on the Persecution and Martyrdom of the Early Christians. He is a Reverend Minister in the Methodist Church Ghana.
Education
PhD (Study of Religions)
M.A (Religious Roots of Europe)
B.A (Religions and Sociology)
Research Interest
Minority Groups
Persecution and Martyrdom of the Early Christians
Patristic Studies
Early Church History
Publications
Boamah, K. (2025). From desert fathers to Ghanaian pilgrims: Sacred space and ecology at Abeisua mountain. Verbum et Ecclesia, 46(1), a3432. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v46i1.3432
Asare-Antwako, S., & Boamah, K. (2024). Curing by caring: Pastoral care in pandemic times. Trinity Journal of Church History and Theology, 57–75.
Boamah, K., & Mensah, N. P. (2024). “They don’t build no schools anymore, all they build is prison, prison”: An examination of the reception of the Church of Pentecost’s involvement in prison reformation in Ghana. Missionalia, 52(1), 125–142. https://doi.org/10.7832/52-0-535
Boamah, K. (2023). Scripture for comedy: A sacrilege or innovation. In A. Some, M. K. Mensah, & G. Nsiah (Eds.), Interpreting sacred text within changing context in Africa (pp. 49–66). Abidjan: Georgian and Biblical Press.
Boamah, K., & Boaheng, I. (2021). There is nothing new under the sun: A comparative study of the politics at the time of Jesus to the Ghanaian politics. African Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 4(3), 116-131. doi:10.52589/AJSSHR
Boamah, K., & Opata, J. (2021). “The Montanists and the Pentecostals: Reception of the expression of the Holy Spirit in Christian history” African Society of Evangelical Theology.
Boamah, K. (2021) ‘‘Where is God in times of crisis?”: Trends, trajectories, and possibilities for theological rethinking amongst Christians during the covid-19 pandemic. Mision Africanus: The Journal of African Missiology
Boamah, K. (2021). The dynamics and nuances of errant members amongst selected Ghanaian Mega-Churches. Submitted to RCBC/Templeton Mega Churches Project
Boamah, K. (2021). `The blood of the Christians is seed`: A systematic comparison of the martyr and apologetic texts in the persecution and martyrdom of the early Christians with the African story. Langhum Publishers.
Boamah, K. (2020). Apologetic and martyr texts. Trinity Journal of Church and Theology, 20 (2), 30-53.
Boamah, K. (2019). The persecution and martyrdom of the early Christians and the prosperity theology today. E-Journal for Religious and Theological Studies, 3(1), 32-41.
Boamah, K. (2018). The making of a canon: Impact of the Old Testament scriptures in the Christian canon development. International Letters of Social and Humanistic Science, 80, 7-21.