Institution: Åbo Akademi University
Position: Cohort 1 Fellow
Dr. Francis Ethelbert Kwabena Benyah is a researcher at the Department for the Study of Religions, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. Dr. Benyah’s doctoral thesis explored the religious, human rights and media dimensions of the activities of prayer camps in relation to mental illness in Ghana. His research interest focuses on African Pentecostal Christianity with a special interest in how it intersects and interacts with public life in areas such as media, politics, health and human rights. Dr. Benyah co-edited the book Contemporary Discourses in Social Exclusion published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023.
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