Rose Mary Amenga-Etego (PhD)

Education or Qualification:

• PhD (Religious Studies), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004 - 2008
• M.Phil. (Religions), University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, 1995 – 1998
• B.A. (Religions with English), University of Ghana, 1990 – 1993

Research interests:

• African Indigenous Religions
• Gender issues in religion and culture in Africa
• Cross-cultural marriages and religion-cultural identity creation in Ghana

Publications:
Authored Book

• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2011. Mending the broken pieces: Indigenous religion and sustainable rural development in northern Ghana. Trenton: African World Press.

Edited Books

• Ross, E, Rosetta and Rose Mary Amenga-Etego. 2015. Unraveling and Reweaving Sacred Canon in Africana Womanhood. Lanham, Boulder, New York & London: Lexington Books.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary, and Mercy Amba Oduyoye. 2013. Religion and gender-based violence: West African experience. Accra: TLSS and Asempa Publishers.

Book Chapters

• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary (2020). Witchcraft and modernity: The people’s approach to witchcraft and fear nowadays. In Werner Kahl, Gabriele Lademann-Priemer (eds.), Hexerei-Anschuldigungen in weltweiter perspective/Witchcraft accusations in global perspective. Vol. 18. (Pp. 117-131). Missionshilfe verlag: Hamburg.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary (2018). ‘The practice of traditional medicine and bioethical challenges.’ In Yaw A. Frimpong-Mansoh and Caesar A. Atuire (Eds.), Bioethics in Africa: Theories and Praxis. (Pp. 113-130). Delaware and Malaga: Vernon Press.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2017. "The church and FIFA World Cup in Ghana: A gender perspective." In Global perspectives on sports and Christianity, edited by Adogame Afe, Nick J Watson and Parker Andrew, 96-113. London and New York: Routledge.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2017. "Transcending religious and cultural barriers: The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians in Perspective." In Transkulturelle begegnungen und interkultureller dialog: Erkundungen und entdeckungen im Anschluss an Werner Kahl, edited by Uta Andrée, Ruomin Liu and Sönke Lorberg-Fehring, 169-178. Hamburg: Missionsakademie an der Universität.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2015. "Akokɔ bere so nim adekyee: Women’s interpretation of indigenous oral text." In Unravelling and Reweaving Sacred Canon in Africana Womanhood, edited by R Ross and Rose Mary Amenga-Etego, 3-19. Lanham, Boulder, New York & London: Lexington Books.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2014. "Critiquing African traditional philosophy of chastity." In Trajectories of religion in Africa: Essays in honour of John S. Pobee, edited by Cephas N Omenyo and E B Anum, 251-270. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2014. "Religion and democratization: A perspective." In Unpacking the sense of the sacred — A reader in the study of religions, edited by Abamfo O Atiemo, Ben-Willie K Golo and Lawrence K Boakye, University of Ghana Readers Oxfordshire. 21-23. Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2013. "When tradition and modernity meet: Nankani women at the cross-road." In Religion and gender-based violence: West African experience, edited by Rose Mary Amenga-Etego and Mercy Amba Oduyoye, 493-526. Accra: TLSS & Asempa Publishers.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2013. "Deconstructing sexism and classism in an African society: A challenge to tradition." In If I do what spirit says do: Black women, vocation and community Survival, edited by L D Rhodes, C T Gilkes and M F Coleman-Tobias, 56-78. Massachusetts: XanEdu Publishing.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2012. "The interplay of traditional and modern concepts of health." In Reclaiming the human sciences and the humanities through African perspectives, edited by H Lauer and K Anyidoho, 321-330. Accra: Sub Saharan Press.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2012. "Tribes without rulers? Indigenous systems of governance and sustainable rural governance." In African traditions in the study of religion in Africa – An interdisciplinary introduction, edited by A Adogame, E Chitando and B Bateye, 119-134. Farnham: Ashgate Publishers.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2009. "Sex and sexuality in an African worldview: A challenge contemporary realities." In Another world is possible: Spiritualities and religions of global darker peoples, edited by D N Hopkins and M Lewis, 234-249. London: Equinox.
• Akurigu, Rose Mary. 1996. "Chastity and rituals on women." In Where god reigns: Reflections on women in god’s world, edited by Elizabeth Amoah, 87-96. Accra: Sam-Woode Ltd.

Peer-review Journal Articles

• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary et al (2020). Language, Literature, Prayer, and Music Repertoires as Source of African Christian Spirituality and Values. International Bulletin of Mission Studies. 1-10. DOI: 10.1177/2396939320961100
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2018. "Crossing research boundaries: ‘Our Nankani Daughter’ in academia." Journal for the Study of Religion in Africa and its Diaspora, AASR E-Journal 4 (1):3-14.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. Oct. 2017. "Akuapem in retrospect: Ritual unification and state formation." Religion and Theology 24: 274-294.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. Sept. 2017. "Terrorism and counter insurgency in Africa: A religious and cultural perspective." NOCEN: International Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 1 (1): 66-86.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. Oct. 2016. "Engaging the religio-cultural quest in development: An African perspective." HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 72 (4). http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/hts.v72i4.3502.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. July 2016. "Hope is as strong as a woman’s arm: Mobilizing amidst violence against women and girls in Africa and its diaspora- A reflection." Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Religion (7) 1.5: 1-19.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2016. "Nankani women’s spirituality and ecology. Special Issue: Ecowomanism: Earth Honoring Faith." Worldviews 20 (1): 15-29.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. June, 2013. "Categorization of women and human rights issues." Cross Currents 63 (2): 138-147.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2012. "Same couple, multiple marriage contracts: Christian marriages in contemporary Ghana." Ogbomoso Journal of Theology XVII (3): 133-52.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. Dec. 2012. "Marriage without Sex? Same-sex marriages and female identity among the Nankani of northern Ghana." Ghana Bulletin of Theology New Series (4): 14-37.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2012. "Gender and Christian spirituality in Africa: A Ghanaian perspective." Journal of Black Theology 8-27.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2008. "Chinchirisi: The phenomenon of the ‘spirit children’ amongst the Nankani of northern Ghana." Legon Journal of the Humanities xix: 183-214.
• Amenga-Etego, Rose Mary. 2006. "Violence against women in contemporary Ghanaian society." Theology and Sexuality 13 (1): 23-46.

Encyclopaedia Entering

• Amenga-Etego, Rose  Mary. 2012. "Nkiru Uwechia Nzegwu." In Vrouwelijke filosofen: Een historisch overzicht, edited by C Ceton, 493-497. Amsterdam/Antwerpen: Uitgeverij Alas.

Grants:

• Jan. 2018- Mar. 2020:  Collaborative Research Grant (PL), African Theological Advance, Nagel Theological Institute, USA.
• Jan. 2018:  Travel Grant, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, USA.

Professional Associations:

• 2013 – date: Steering Committee Member, Women’s Scholars Network, International Association for the History of Religion (IAHR).
• 2010 – date  Member, International Association for the History of Religion (IAHR).
• 2004 – date: Member, African Association for the Study of Religion (AASR).
• 1992 – date: Member, The Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians (The Circle).

Affiliation to Research Institutions:

• 2016 – date:  Research Fellow (Academic Associate), Research Institute for Theology and Religion (RITR), University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa.