Rev. Dr. Max-Wirth is a lecturer in the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Ghana and associate pastor of Reigners Light Arena Chapel here in Accra. She has a PhD degree in Religious Studies from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand; a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from the Florida International University, Miami-Florida, USA; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Study of Religions and Philosophy from the University of Ghana. Her main research interests are in African Indigenous Religions and Development, as well as religion and African socio-political life.