John Samuel Pobee (9 July 1937 – 22 January 2020) was a Ghanaian Christian theologian and former Vicar General of the Anglican Diocese of Accra, Ghana.
Biography
editPobee 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.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "John Samuel Pobee". African Books Collective. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ Pobee, John S. (2012). Sense of Grace and Mission. Kaneshie-Accra, Ghana: African Books Collective. ISBN 9789988152284.
- ^ Omenyo, Cephas N.; Anum, Eric B. (2014). Trajectories of Religion in Africa: Essays in Honour of John S. Pobee. Amsterdam: Rodopi. ISBN 9789401210577.
- ^ "WCC joins tribute to Rev. Canon Prof. John Samuel Pobee". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 2 February 2020.