The study of the Odwira festival is the key to the understanding of Asante religious and political life in Ghana. The book explores the nature of the Odwira festival longitudinally--in pre-colonial, colonial and post-independence Ghana--and examines the Odwira ideology and its implications for understanding the Asante self-identity. The book also discusses how some elements of faith portrayed in the Odwira festival could provide a framework for Christianity to engage with Asante culture at a greater depth. Theological themes in Asante belief that have emerged from this study include the theology of sacrament, ecclesiology, eschatology, Christology and a complex concept of time. The author argues that Asante cultural identity lies at the heart of the process by which the Asante Christian faith is carried forward. --Dr Frank Adams earths the discussion of gospel and culture in a valuable study through time of the engagement of the Christian faith and pre-Christian African religious ideas and values. His work shows what the Christian world lost by his early and untimely transition to glory. --He being dead yet speaketh-- through this study which shows that an authentic cultural identity is not lost but achieved through the engagement of gospel with the elements of faith present in a traditional culture.-- Canon Dr. Chris Sugden, Executive Secretary, Anglican Mainstream Rev. Frank Kwesi Adams (PhD, Wales) served as General Secretary of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship, a regional secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, until his death. He completed his BD and MTh at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Switzerland.
