Prof. Dziedzorm R. Asafo

Lecturer

Contact:

Phone: 024 407 0044
Email: dziedzorm.asafo@regentghana.net
Office: Kings Campus Annex
Office Hours:

Education:

PhD, Sociology of Religion, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- 1993-1999
MA, Theology, Andrews University, Michigan, USA
- 1985-1987
BA, Religion, Andrews University, Michigan, USA
- 1975-1979
Bachelor of Business Admin, Accounting major, Andrews University, Michigan, USA
- 1987-1989

Brief Biography:

Professor Dziedzorm R. Asafo is a Ghanaian. He received his education in the USA and Europe where he obtained his terminal degree (PhD), Sociology of Religion, from Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden in 1999. He returned to Ghana since then and joined the faculty work force at Valley View University, Oyibi, Accra as a lecturer. He has held several administrative positions in that University, including the Vice President for Student Administration, Vice President for Adult and Distance Education, and Vice President for General Administration, and second in command to the President of the University. This last position he held from July 2005 to December 2010. He holds the academic rank of Associate Professor. He is married with three children. Currently he is on one year (February 2011-January 2012) Sabbatical leave at Regent-Ghana as a lecturer.

Scholarly/Research Interests:

Biblical Greek
Sociology of Religion
New Testament Studies
Research Methods.

Courses Teaching/Taught at Regent University:

Elementary Greek (Undergraduate)
Research Methods (Undergraduate)
Advanced Research Methods (Postgraduate)
Advanced Greek Syntax (Postgraduate)
Theology and Culture (Postgraduate)
Supervision of Postgraduate Thesis

Selected Publications:

(2009) "Nurturing Spirituality: The Case of Adventist Education in Ghana." In Christ in the Classroom: Adventist Approaches to the Integration of Faith and Learning. Vol. 37-A.:19-37. Silver Spring, MD: Institute for Christian Teaching, Education Department, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

(2006). "The Inferential Dialogue Paradigm: Towards a Holistic theory of Motivations for Religious Behaviour." In The Integrator, A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1(1):1-7. Edited by Ohene Apea-Kubi. Accra: Valley View University

(2005). Manual for Writing Research Papers. Oyibi: Valley View University Editorial Committee

Research in Progress

(2010). "Mystical Powers in Adventist Eschatology." (A paper accepted for publication by the BRI of General Conference of SDAs).
(2011) "The return of the Prophet Elijah: Restoring the Eschatological family in Malachi 4:4-6." (A paper accepted for publication by The Integrator, A Multidisciplinary Journal, Valley View University, Oyibi, Accra-Ghana.
"The dogma of 'evil' as a catalyst in the Ecological degradation in Africa."
Time: Knowing its Essentials. In Progress
Research Methodology: Principles and Practices. (In progress)

Memberships of Professional Bodies:

Special Committee on African Spirituality, Bible Research Institute, (BRI)
World Values Survey Association (WVSA)
Africa Association for the Study of Religions, (AASR)
Ghana Association of Biblical Exegetes (GABES)

Consultancies, Conferences, Workshops etc:

"The dogma of 'evil' as a catalyst in the Ecological degradation in Africa."
A paper presented at the Conference of the Ghana Association of Biblical Exegetes at Brafoyaw, Cape Coast from January 17-21, 2011.

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