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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Autores principales:	Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, Michael Kwadwo Ntiamoah
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Publicado:	Noyam Publishers 2021
Materias:	akan royals christian conversion cultural identity black stool authority symbols Social Sciences H
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20212112 https://doaj.org/article/dfd945b357254b5babb17272a51c7767
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:dfd945b357254b5babb17272a51c77672021-11-29T12:42:01ZConversion Experience of Akan Christian Royals in Ghanahttps://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202121122720-7722https://doaj.org/article/dfd945b357254b5babb17272a51c77672021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/EHASS20212112.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2720-7722The 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.Kwabena Opuni-FrimpongMichael Kwadwo NtiamoahNoyam Publishersarticleakan royalschristian conversioncultural identityblack stoolauthority symbolsSocial SciencesHENE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Vol 2, Iss 11, Pp 179-190 (2021)
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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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Conversion Experience of Akan Christian Royals in Ghana

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