Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-279) and index.

Introduction: embedding human rights in local culture: an African imperative -- Religion and human rights: linking tradition and modernity -- Inculturating human rights: the localization of a global culture -- Does Ghana have a common culture?: exploring historical processes of a national identity -- Locating religion in Ghana: exploring the contours of spiritual capital -- Human rights in traditional Ghana: exploring indigenous ideas of human dignity and rights -- Human rights in contemporary Ghana: fruitions and possibilities -- Translating human rights in Ghana: rooting a secular idea in a religious worldview -- Conclusion: religion and the inculturation of human rights in Ghana.