Seth Tweneboah

Also at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technologyfrom their recent papers

Associate Professor, University of Education, Winneba, since 2019per ORCID

Publishing since 2012, latest 2026

Seth Tweneboah (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Centre for African Studies of the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. He received his PhD in Religious Studies (with specialization in law and politics) from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Seth has an MPhil from the University of Ghana, Legon and an MA from the Florida International University, Miami. His research focuses on the religious human rights and the religion-law interrelationships in… More on ORCID

Sociology and Political Science
General Social Sciences
Anthropology
Religious studies
Education
Demography

In their own words

religious human rights
law
politics
social exclusion

Publications: 322012–2026
Citations: 114to those papers
h-index: 7i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 1.641.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 15%3 of 20 scored papers
Open access: 38%8 of the 21 whose access is recorded

1 other work — a preprint, a dataset or the like — is listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 141 citations, h-index 7 and i10-index 5 (118 citations and h-index 7 since 2021), as of October 10, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Associate Professor, Centre for African StudiesUniversity of Education, Winnebasince 2019
Lecturer, Religious StudiesKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology2018–2019

Education

MA, Religious StudiesFlorida International University
MPhil, Department for the Study of ReligionsUniversity of Ghana
PhDVictoria University of Wellington

Publications

32 in all

Community Knowledge, Traditional Leadership, and Forest Conservation in Ghana
2026Protecting Biodiversity, Culture, and Communities Through Forest ConservationBook chapterFirst author1 citation10.4018/979-8-3373-3992-4.ch012
Overlapping Values in Christianity and African (Ghanaian) Traditional Culture
2026E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies

stweneboah@uew.edu.ghPublic on their ORCID record

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Sociology and Political Science1753%
General Social Sciences619%
Anthropology413%
Religious studies413%
Education39%
Demography26%
Health26%
Archeology13%
Clinical Psychology13%
Cultural Studies13%

Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Religion, Society, and Development11
African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues6
Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria6
African cultural and philosophical studies3
Anthropological Studies and Insights3
Religion and Society Interactions3
Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment2
Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology2
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health1
Caribbean and African Literature and Culture1
Caribbean history, culture, and politics1
Christian Theology and Mission1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

10% of their 21 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written1111111Home

Most frequent partner countries

Russia1
United States1
Kenya1
Netherlands1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyGH5 papers
Kwame Nkrumah UniversityZM3 papers
University of Cape CoastGH2 papers
University of GhanaGH2 papers
African Studies CentreNL1 paper
Department of Social SciencesRU1 paper
Florida International UniversityUS1 paper
St. Monica's College of EducationGH1 paper
African Centre for Technology StudiesKE1 paper
University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial DevelopmentGH1 paper

Where they publish

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies3
Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series2
Advances in religious and cultural studies (ARCS) book series2
African Diaspora1
African Journal of Gender and Religion1
African Journal of Legal Studies

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

10Reduced inequalities7
16Peace, justice and strong institutions5
5Gender equality3
15Life on land1

Most cited

Religion, law, politics and the state in Africa: Applying legal pluralism in Ghana
Routledge
201928 citations
Pentecostalism, Witchdemonic Accusations, and Symbolic Violence in Ghana: Some Human Rights Concerns
Pneuma
201513 citations
RELIGION, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, AND THE POLITICISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN GHANA
African Journal of Gender and Religion5
20189 citationsOpen access · Diamond

The Ghana Evangelism Committee, 1974–1985: Rapid mission expansion and early continental recognition

2026E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.38159/erats.20261254

The Ambivalence of Religious Freedom, Peacebuilding, and National Development in Ghana

2025Journal of Peacebuilding & DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1177/15423166251356637

Rastafari, Social Exclusion and Covid-19 in Ghana

2025African StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1080/00020184.2026.2616360

Social Exclusion, Media Access, and the Human Rights of the Deaf Community in Ghana

2025Sign Language StudiesJournalFirst author0 citations

Traditional Chiefly Power and Its Implications for Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and Human Rights in Ghana

2024Law, Religion and Reconciliation in AfricaBook chapterFirst author0 citations

Neo-Prophetism and the Commercialisation of Religion in Ghana

2023Oguaa Journal of Religion and Human ValuesJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.47963/ojorhv.v7i1.1410

Religion, Human Rights, and the Parliamentary Regulation of “One-Man Churches” in Ghana

2023Journal of Church and StateJournalFirst author4 citations

Political Vigilante Violence as a Weapon of Empowerment Among Socially Excluded Ghanaian Youth

2022Advances in religious and cultural studies (ARCS) book seriesBook chapterFirst author4 citations10.4018/978-1-6684-4964-6.ch018

Moral Panic, Social Exclusion, and the Human Rights of Same-Sex Partners in Ghana

2022Advances in religious and cultural studies (ARCS) book seriesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.4018/978-1-6684-5568-5.ch008

Indigenous Conflict Resolution Mechanism as Reconciliatory and Therapeutic

2022Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book seriesBook chapterFirst author0 citations10.4018/978-1-6684-4112-1.ch001

“Seeking the face of God in trying times”: Law, religion and the Covid‑19 crisis in secular Ghana

2022African Sun Media eBooksBook chapterOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.52779/9781991201911/02

Akan Deities as Agents of Conflict Resolution Mechanism in Ghana

2021Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book seriesBook chapterFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.4018/978-1-7998-7898-8.ch001

Death rituals as a livelihood strategy among the Asante in Ghana

2020Journal of Indigenous and Shamanic StudiesJournalSenior author7 citations10.10520/ejc-208f67b3e8

RELIGION, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, AND THE POLITICISATION OF HOMOSEXUALITY IN GHANA

2018African Journal of Gender and ReligionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.14426/ajgr.v24i2.49

A clash of legal norms: Banishment as a customary religious sanction in Ghana

2017Journal of law, religion and stateJournalFirst author7 citations

Religion and law in contemporary Ghana

2017Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of WellingtonThesisFirst author1 citation

African Sun Media eBooks1

How it can be read

38% free to read, of the 21 recorded

Diamond 1 · 3%Free to read and to publish
Gold 4 · 13%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 13 · 41%Behind a paywall
Unknown 11 · 34%Not recorded by the source