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John S. Pobee

Biography[edit]

Pobee studied at Adisadel College (1950–1956), the University of Ghana (1957–1961), and Selwyn College, Cambridge (1961–1966). He completed his priestly training at Westcott House, Cambridge (1963–1964).^[1] He was 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 New Testament, African Christian theology, and missiology. He wrote his 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[edit]

• Pobee, John S. (1979). Toward an African theology. Nashville, TN: Abingdon. ISBN 9780687424207.
• Pobee, John S. (1985). Persecution and Martyrdom in the Theology of Paul. New York: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780905774534.
• Pobee, John S. (2009). The Anglican Story in Ghana: From Mission Beginnings to Province of Ghana. Kaneshie-Accra, Ghana: African Books Collective. ISBN 9789988037802.
• Pobee, John S. (2012). Sense of Grace and Mission. Kaneshie-Accra, Ghana: African Books Collective. ISBN 9789988152284.

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