Cosmas Ebo Sarbah

About

A senior lecturer of Comparative Religion and Interreligious Dialogue. He is the Director of Interreligious Dialogue for the Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Ghana) and a visiting fellow at the Yale Divinity School (USA). His research interest includes Religious Pluralism, Interreligious Dialogue in sub-Saharan Africa, Intrareligious Relations in Christianity and Islam.

Education

PhD (Islamic Studies), University of Birmingham, UK, (Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations), 2006 - 2010

Licentiate - M.Phil. (The Study of Arabic, History of Arab People and Islamic Studies), Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies (PISAI), Rome, 2003 - 2006

Post-Graduate Diploma (Education), University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, 1997-1998

B.A. (Sociology and Religions), University of Ghana, Legon, 1993-1997

Publications

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo. (2023). “Understanding the nature and complexities of religious   conflicts and   Christian persecution in sub-Saharan Africa”, The International Journal    of African Catholicism Winter 2023, Vol. 13, (1), pp.72-95 

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo. (2022). “African Catholicism and Islam: relationship and tensions” in  Stan Ilo (ed.)  Handbook of African Catholicism . New York: Orbis.

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo. ((2022) “Contextualization of Christian theological formation in Ghana:  nature, challenges, and prospects”, Journal for the Study of Religions. Vol. 35 (1), pp.     1-21.

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo & Emmanuel Kojo Ennin Antwi. (2021). “Inter-religious dialogue: a  non-institutional approach to the new evangelization in Ghana”, The International        Journal of African Catholicism. Vol. 11 (1), pp. 25-47. 

Appiah-Sekyere, Paul & Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo. (2018). “Christian ethics and Islamic ethics: a    critical comparative study in the Ghanaian Context,” International Journal of Arts   and Social Science. Vol. 1(2), pp. 43-52. 

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “Religious Rights in the State Regulated Mission Schools in Ghana”, in Religion and Sustainable Development: Ghanaian Perspectives, George Ossom-Batsa, Nicolleta Gatti, Rabiatu Deinyo Ammah (edts). Vatican City: Urbaniana University Press, 2018 

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “Sin and Redemption in Christianity and Islam”, in Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue. Charles Tieszen (ed.) Eugene, Oregon:Pickwick Press, 2018 (pp. 77-90).

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “Christian-Muslim Relations in Ghana: Competition or Cooperation?, in E-Journal of Religious Studies and Theological Issues, Vol 1(1) pp. 47-71. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, June, 2017

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “Interrogating the Approaches of Interreligious Dialogue in West Africa” in Journal of Ecumenical Studies 51 (3) pp. 364-385. University of Penn-sylvania, USA. June, 2016

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, Christian “Grace” and Muslim “Dīn Al-Fithra”: Implication for Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Ghana” in E-Journal of Religious Studies and Theologi-cal Issues, 1 (2) (pp. 106-124). Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technolo-gy, Ghana. June 2016

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, Christian-Muslim Marriage in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges” in Journal of Applied Thought 5(2) pp. 103-114. All Nations University, Ghana. May, 2016.

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “Application of Education Act 1961 in the Mission Schools: Implication for Interreligious Dialogue in Ghana”, in International Symposium Proceedings 2016 (pp.59-67). California (Santa Barbara): University of California Press,  2016)

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “Christian-Muslim Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Contri-bution of Indigenous Cognate Filiation of the Akan People of Ghana” in Journal of Applied Thought 4(2) pp. 103-114. All Nations University, Ghana. June 2015.

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “The Planting of Christianity in Ghana” in Trinity Journal of Church and Theology 18 (2), pp. 7-26. Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana, Septem-ber, 2014

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “Paradigm Shift in Theological Formation towards Interreligious Dialogue in Ghana” in Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 24 (2), 2014, pp. 225-236.

Sarbah, Cosmas Ebo, “The New Evangelisation and Inter-religious Dialogue in the Ghanaian Context”, in Acts of the 2014 National Pastoral Congress, pp.172-192. Accra: National Catholic Secretariat, 2014.