John S. Pobee

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John Samuel Pobee (9 July 1937 – 22 January 2020) was a

Vicar General of the Anglican Diocese of Accra, Ghana
.

Biography

Pobee studied at

Emeritus Professor at the University of Ghana, where he previously taught and served as Head of Department for the Study of Religions and Dean of the Faculty of Arts.[2]

Pobee was known for his work in the

memoirs, Sense of Grace and Mission,[3] and a festschrift was prepared in his honor, entitled Trajectories of Religion in Africa.[4]

On 26 July 1994, Pobee married Martha Ama Akyaa Nkrumah, a career diplomat of the Ghana Foreign Service.[1]

Pobee died in Ghana in January 2020 at the age of 82.[5]

Works

  • Pobee, John S. (1979). Toward an African theology. Nashville, TN: Abingdon. .
  • Pobee, John S. (1985). Persecution and Martyrdom in the Theology of Paul. New York: Bloomsbury. .
  • Pobee, John S. (2009). The Anglican Story in Ghana: From Mission Beginnings to Province of Ghana. Kaneshie-Accra, Ghana: African Books Collective. .
  • Pobee, John S. (2012). Sense of Grace and Mission. Kaneshie-Accra, Ghana: African Books Collective. .

References

  1. ^ a b "Rev. Professor Emeritus John Samuel Pobee". Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ^ "John Samuel Pobee". African Books Collective. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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  5. ^ "WCC joins tribute to Rev. Canon Prof. John Samuel Pobee". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 2 February 2020.