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Who Made You a Judge over Us?

Joseph Quayesi-Amakye

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This paper examines the Ghanaian church’s political involvement amidst political diatribe in search of a meaningful and sanitized political life for citizens. It focuses on the church’s actions in the Fourth Republic, and what it can do to help ensure that all citizens are granted meaningful existence in the Ghanaian republic. The paper recognizes the often touted claim by a section of the Ghanaian society that the country is Christian, while at the same time the church’s political attempts are perceived as suspect. There are many things the church and its leadership can do to prepare its Christians to fulfill their mandate as missionaries of salt and light to the nation. This means it can no longer be apolitical since like all others the Christian’s life is wrapped in social-political robes. To resolve the tension of being Christian and political is a task of the church.

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This paper examines the Ghanaian church’s political involvement amidst political diatribe in search of a meaningful and sanitized political life for citizens. It focuses on the church’s actions in the Fourth Republic, and what it can do to help ensure that all citizens are granted meaningful existence in the Ghanaian republic. The paper recognizes the often touted claim by a section of the Ghanaian society that the country is Christian, while at the same time the church’s political attempts are perceived as suspect. There are many things the church and its leadership can do to prepare its Christians to fulfill their mandate as missionaries of salt and light to the nation. This means it can no longer be apolitical since like all others the Christian’s life is wrapped in social-political robes. To resolve the tension of being Christian and political is a task of the church.

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This paper examines the Ghanaian church’s political involvement amidst political diatribe in search of a meaningful and sanitized political life for citizens. It focuses on the church’s actions in the Fourth Republic, and what it can do to help ensure that all citizens are granted meaningful existence in the Ghanaian republic. The paper recognizes the often touted claim by a section of the Ghanaian society that the country is Christian, while at the same time the church’s political attempts are perceived as suspect. There are many things the church and its leadership can do to prepare its Christians to fulfill their mandate as missionaries of salt and light to the nation. This means it can no longer be apolitical since like all others the Christian’s life is wrapped in social-political robes. To resolve the tension of being Christian and political is a task of the church.

Key concepts: Politics, Mandate, History of religions, Suspect, Christian Church, Law, Sociology, Political science

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