Harry L.K. Agbanu

About

Dr. Harry Lawson Kwaku Agbanu joined the Department of Study of Religions as a Graduate Assistant in 1997. He received his PhD in 2011 through a student exchange programme between University of Ghana and University of Northern Colorado, USA. His objective is to research into indigenous socio-cultural and religious beliefs, practices and values and how these beliefs, practices and values influence modern contemporary thinking. 

Education

2011 : PhD - University of Ghana, Legon, Accra & University of Northern Colorado, USA. 

1999 : MPhil - University of Ghana, Legon, Accra ,Study of Religions. 

1993 : B.A. - University of Ghana, Legon, Accra , Study of Religions with Swahili. 

1985 : Teachers’ Cert. “A” University of Cape-Coast, Ghana. 

Research Interest

Indigenous knowledge systems

Environmental issues 

Contemporary Ethical and Moral Problems 

Publications

Ayegboyin, D., Agbanu, H. & Nihinlola, E. (Eds.), (2010). Globalization, technology, HIV& AIDS and theological education in Africa. Ibadan: West African Association of Theological Institutions.

 Agbanu, H.L.K. (2014). Does philosophy of religion ridicule religious Faith? In  A. O. Atiemo, B-W. Golo & L. K. Boakye (Eds.), Unpacking the Sense of the Sacred: A Reader in the Study of Religions. Oxfordshire: Ayebia Clarke Publishers Ltd.

Akpabli-Honu, K. & Agbanu, H. K. (2014). Types and Statuses of Children of Troxovi Shrines. International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, Vol. 2 (12): 308-317.

 Agbanu, H.L.K. (2013). The basis and nature of African indigenous morality: The case of the Mafi-Ewe of Ghana. Oguaa Journal of   Religion & Human Values(3):76-98.

Agbanu, H.L.K. (2013). Determinism, human freedom and Mafi-Ewe indigenous culture: An antithesis or a harmony? Orita, Ibadan  Journal of Religious Studies, vol. XLV: 271-288. 

Agbanu, H.L.K. (2013). A critical consideration of Amememe (‘cremation’) Rituals among the Mafi-Ewe of Ghana. Oguaa Journal of   Religion & Human Values (2):32-61.

Nkansah-Amankra, S., Diedhiou, Agbanu, S. K., Agbanu, H. L.K., Opoku-Adomako, N.S. & Twumasi-Ankrah, P. (2012). A longitudinal evaluation of religiosity and psychosocial determinants of suicidal behaviors among a population-based sample in the United States. Journal of Affective Disorders, 139 (1):40-51. 

Agbanu, H.L.K. (2012). The Death Penalty: An African Perspective. Ghana Bulletin of Theology, New Series, (4), pp. 120-144.

Nkansah-Amankra, S., Diedhiou, A., Curtis, H., & Agbanu, H.L.K. (2011). Correlates of sexual risk behaviors among high school students in Colorado: Analysis and implications of school-based HIV/AIDS programs. Maternal and Child  Health Journal 15(6), pp. 730-741.

Nkansah-Amankra, S., Diedhiou, A., & Agbanu, H.L.K., Toma-Drane, M., & Dhawan, A. (2011). Evaluating correlates of adolescent physical activity towards national health objectives: Analysis of Colorado youth risk behavioral survey, 2005. Journal of Public Health, 33 (2), pp. 246-255.

Nkansah-Amankra, S., Diedhiou, A., Walker. A.D., Agbanu, H., & Clark, H. (2010). Adolescent Suicidal Behaviors, Self-rated Health and Multiple Health Risk Behaviors: Exploring New Perspectives in Suicide Prevention Research. Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology 2 (8), pp. 204-215.

Documentary 

Commoditization of Religion: Religious Advertisements in the Ghanaian Public Space, Ghana Television (GTV), 2013.

Religion and environmental conservation: The case of the Paga Crocodile Pond.