Religious Functionalism: An Influential Tool for Harnessing Corruption in Ghana
One of the most influential and ever-expanding dimensions of almost every African society is religion. Every function political, legal, or economic, is intertwined with the ingredients of religion. In Ghana, it is socially, politically, and legally offensive to separate religion from communal exh...
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Noyam Publishers
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20212111 https://doaj.org/article/5e2746be74394aed8baab531b1682cb0 |
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| Sumario: | One of the most influential and ever-expanding dimensions of almost every African
society is religion. Every function political, legal, or economic, is intertwined with
the ingredients of religion. In Ghana, it is socially, politically, and legally offensive
to separate religion from communal exhibitions and, restrict it from individual
performance. Amid the widely spread commitment to different religions by public
officials, the reality of corruption alongside its destructive nature still infringes
on the public administrative efficiency in Ghana. With regards to this submission,
one question worth asking is, can religion, owing to its measurability, be operable
in curbing corruption in a notoriously religious and corruption-spotted country
like Ghana? In finding a response to this question, this paper argued that religious
functionalism can be used as a practical tool in the fight against corruption in
Ghana. Religious functionalism in its definitional postulation refers to activities
that promote social integration, adhesive group formation, and social control that
foster a moral framework that contributes to the development of a society. To
achieve its objective and arrive at workable recommendations, the paper relied
on library materials—drawing contents from the research papers relating to
the subject matter. The paper recommended that in order to fight corruption in
Ghana the functional dimensions of Christianity, Islam and African Traditional
Religion should be emphasized. Specifically, the adherents of these religions owe
a responsibility to their religious moral frameworks. If the Ghanaian society is
‘notoriously’ religious, it follows that religious functionalism is indispensable in
the fight against corruption. |
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