Conversion Experience of Akan Christian Royals in Ghana
The study is an examination of the conversion challenges confronting Akan Christian Royals in Ghana. The Western missionaries and missionary established churches demand that as part of their conversion requirements, Akan Royals must reject and disassociate themselves from the Black Stool, ancesto...
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| description | The study is an examination of the conversion challenges confronting Akan
Christian Royals in Ghana. The Western missionaries and missionary established
churches demand that as part of their conversion requirements, Akan Royals must
reject and disassociate themselves from the Black Stool, ancestors and all ancestral
related activities. The Royals who claim that their families have become Christian
royal families insist that authority symbols like the Black Stools and ancestral
ceremonies like the Adae do not take the place of the sovereignty of God and
the Lordship of Christ in their belief system. Moreover, participation in Palace
services prepares them for traditional leadership and does not take them away
from their faith in Christ. The traditional leadership institutions and the Royals that
welcomed the Western missionaries, provided them with hospitality, security and
resources for the missionary work have come to be considered as unchristian and
an anathema to the Christian faith. The position of the church has created tensions
within Akan Christian Royal and put the genuineness of their conversion in doubt.
The study which is qualitative in nature uses both primary and secondary methods
in its information gathering. Its findings provide responses to some contemporary
tensions in gospel and culture studies in African Christianity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dfd945b357254b5babb17272a51c77672023-09-02T14:53:40ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222021-11-01211179190https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20212112Conversion Experience of Akan Christian Royals in GhanaKwabena Opuni-Frimpong0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-0720Michael Kwadwo Ntiamoah1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8788-917XDepartment of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-GhanaDepartment of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-GhanaThe study is an examination of the conversion challenges confronting Akan Christian Royals in Ghana. The Western missionaries and missionary established churches demand that as part of their conversion requirements, Akan Royals must reject and disassociate themselves from the Black Stool, ancestors and all ancestral related activities. The Royals who claim that their families have become Christian royal families insist that authority symbols like the Black Stools and ancestral ceremonies like the Adae do not take the place of the sovereignty of God and the Lordship of Christ in their belief system. Moreover, participation in Palace services prepares them for traditional leadership and does not take them away from their faith in Christ. The traditional leadership institutions and the Royals that welcomed the Western missionaries, provided them with hospitality, security and resources for the missionary work have come to be considered as unchristian and an anathema to the Christian faith. The position of the church has created tensions within Akan Christian Royal and put the genuineness of their conversion in doubt. The study which is qualitative in nature uses both primary and secondary methods in its information gathering. Its findings provide responses to some contemporary tensions in gospel and culture studies in African Christianity.https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/EHASS20212112.pdfakan royalschristian conversioncultural identityblack stoolauthority symbols |
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| title | Conversion Experience of Akan Christian Royals in Ghana |
| title_full | Conversion Experience of Akan Christian Royals in Ghana |
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| title_short | Conversion Experience of Akan Christian Royals in Ghana |
| title_sort | conversion experience of akan christian royals in ghana |
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