Abamfo Ofori Atiemo is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana, Legon.

This is a profound, original and timely work, relating human rights to African cultures, traditions and religions as they evolve. Its conceptual and theoretical richness give it a significance far beyond Ghana. -- Paul Gifford, Emeritus Professor of Religion at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK This is a wonderfully researched work that takes the history and religious culture of the societies examined into account. -- David Owusu-Ansah, Professor of History at James Madison University, USA

• 1. Embedding Human Rights in Local Cultures: An African Imperative 2. Religion and Human Rights: Linking Tradition and Modernity3. Inculturating Human Rights: The Localization of a Global Culture 4. Does Ghana have a Common Culture? Exploring Historical Processes of National Identity Construction 5. Locating Religion in Ghana: Exploring the Contours of Spiritual Capital 6. Human Rights in Traditional Ghana: Exploring Indigenous Ideas of Human Dignity and Rights 7. Human Rights in Contemporary Ghana: Fruitions and Possibilities8. Translating Human Rights in Ghana: Rooting a Secular Idea in a Religious Worldview9. Religion and the Inculturation of Human Rights in GhanaBibliography Index

Abamfo Ofori Atiemo is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department for the Study of Religions, University of Ghana, Legon.

This is a profound, original and timely work, relating human rights to African cultures, traditions and religions as they evolve. Its conceptual and theoretical richness give it a significance far beyond Ghana. -- Paul Gifford, Emeritus Professor of Religion at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK This is a wonderfully researched work that takes the history and religious culture of the societies examined into account. -- David Owusu-Ansah, Professor of History at James Madison University, USA

• 1. Embedding Human Rights in Local Cultures: An African Imperative 2. Religion and Human Rights: Linking Tradition and Modernity3. Inculturating Human Rights: The Localization of a Global Culture 4. Does Ghana have a Common Culture? Exploring Historical Processes of National Identity Construction 5. Locating Religion in Ghana: Exploring the Contours of Spiritual Capital 6. Human Rights in Traditional Ghana: Exploring Indigenous Ideas of Human Dignity and Rights 7. Human Rights in Contemporary Ghana: Fruitions and Possibilities8. Translating Human Rights in Ghana: Rooting a Secular Idea in a Religious Worldview9. Religion and the Inculturation of Human Rights in GhanaBibliography Index