Rev. Professor Philip T. Laryea
Dip. Th, BA (Hons), (Univ. of Ghana, Legon), MTh (Univ. of Natal, South Africa), PhD (Univ. of KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa)
Rev. Prof. Philip Tette Laryea was born on 12th June 1957. He his seminary training at the Trinity College, Legon. He was ordained las a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in 1987. He continued his education at the University of Ghana, Legon where he obtained his BA (Hons) degree in 1989. He worked as a chaplain at the Prempeh College, Kumasi from 1989 till he was appointed the General Youth Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in 1992.
He joined the Akrofi-Christaller Memorial Centre for Mission Research and Applied Theology (now Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture) in 1997. He did his post-graduate studies at the University of Natal, South Africa (MTh) and the School of Religion and Theology, University of Kwazu-Natal (PhD) in South Africa.
Rev. Laryea is a Professor of African Theology at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute, Akropong Akupem, where he serves as the Rector. His publications include Ephraim Amu: Nationalist, Poet & Theologian (1899-1995) (2012) with a foreword written by Emeritus Prof. Kwabena Nketia; Yesu Homaws Nurtso: Nikasemo ni kos bo ni Kristofoi naa Yesu ye Gamsi akusumfeemo ke blema saji amli [Jesus, Lord of Homowo: A reinterpretation of the history and religion of the Ga people from the standpoint of Jesus as Lord] (2005); and Patriotism and Nation Building: Perspectives from the Life and Utterances of Ephraim Amu (2017); Towards a Ga Cultural Renaissance: Reminiscences of the Life and times of King Tackie Tawiah I (2019), Kaole Meets the Sea: A Historical Survey of the Development of Ga Literacy (2022). He has published two other books in Ga: Awusa Yaafo (2022) and Atoo Hu Ke Ebasay (2023).
His research interests include a rediscovery and reconstruction of the Ga cultural heritage and identity. Prof. Laryea has been working with the Ephraim Amu Foundation in the research, study and documentation of the Ephraim Amu legacy for nation building.
Rev. Laryea is married with 3 adult children and 4 grandchildren