The Sermon on the Mount and the Ewes of Ghana

Using socio-rhetorical interpretation to study Matthew's Sermon on the Mount, the book explores the contextual interpretation of the sermon among the Ghana-Ewe. The book argues that the Sermon on the Mount can be viewed as Jesus' new kingdom gospel and a reinterpretation of the Mosaic law, teaching not only ethics but also kingdom-appropriate righteousness for theological and ethical renewal. Kingdom-appropriate righteousness is nurtured through daily exchanges with God, leading to habitual forgiveness and subsequent divine perfection of love for God and one's enemies. In the contemporary context, kingdom-appropriate righteousness challenges the deficient, "compulsory-wealth" (prosperity gospel) Christianity that is promoted in contemporary Ghana and elsewhere.

About the author

Frederick Mawusi Amevenku is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana, a senior lecturer and director of graduate studies at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon in Accra, Ghana, and a research fellow at Stellenbosch University, where he obtained his PhD. Amevenku has published many journal articles and several book chapters.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Mawusi Amevenku
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666752823
• ISBN: 978-1-66675-282-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 315 g
• Series: Contrapuntal Readings of the Bible in World Christianity
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology