Leading Virtue

The Author: Brian K. Jennings holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Nottingham, an M.Phil. in Religious Studies from the Open University, and a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Birmingham. He worked for many years as a teacher of Religious Education for schools in the West Midlands. From 1989 he has served as a lecturer at Ghana Christian University College in Accra (Ghana). Brian K. Jennings is also an ordained minister of the Churches of Christ in Great Britain.

• Contents: African moral discourse as examples of MacIntyre’s tradition-based model of ethics – The virtues and ends of African moral traditions – The virtues and ends of the Fante (Akan) moral tradition – The virtue and ends of the Methodist Moral tradition – The interaction of Fante and Methodist moral traditions in Ghana – Empirical study of leadership among Fante Methodist ministers and traditional rulers – Synthesis at the level of leadership virtues – Model for contextualisation of Christian ethics.