Emmanuel Y. Lartey is Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counselling at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.

In this book, Emmanuel Lartey has given us a practical theology rooted in African culture and spirituality, a theology that invites us to participate in the counter-hegemonic postcolonializing activity of God.Lartey offers an approach to pastoral care that is not only individually healing but, as he puts it, community-building and culture-transforming.His in-depth exploration of the ministry of contemporary Ghanaian mystic Brother Ishmael Tetteh provides a compelling lived example of his thesis.This is an informative and inspiring resource for all concerned with human liberation and the creation of a more just and compassionate world.

Emmanuel Y. Lartey is Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counselling at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.

In this book, Emmanuel Lartey has given us a practical theology rooted in African culture and spirituality, a theology that invites us to participate in the counter-hegemonic postcolonializing activity of God.Lartey offers an approach to pastoral care that is not only individually healing but, as he puts it, community-building and culture-transforming.His in-depth exploration of the ministry of contemporary Ghanaian mystic Brother Ishmael Tetteh provides a compelling lived example of his thesis.This is an informative and inspiring resource for all concerned with human liberation and the creation of a more just and compassionate world.

Emmanuel Y. Lartey is Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counselling at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta.

In this book, Emmanuel Lartey has given us a practical theology rooted in African culture and spirituality, a theology that invites us to participate in the counter-hegemonic postcolonializing activity of God.Lartey offers an approach to pastoral care that is not only individually healing but, as he puts it, community-building and culture-transforming.His in-depth exploration of the ministry of contemporary Ghanaian mystic Brother Ishmael Tetteh provides a compelling lived example of his thesis.This is an informative and inspiring resource for all concerned with human liberation and the creation of a more just and compassionate world.