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This review examines the challenges of chiefs who are Christians in the exercise of their traditional duties. It has been found out that chieftaincy, especially among the Akans, is involved with religious rites. Since the Chiefs are by tradition the living representative of the ancestors, it is their mandate to always “feed” them through regular offerings. Again, his leadership duty regarding the governance of the state in which he is the ruler involves carrying out the dictates of the ancestors for the living descendants of the community. The study contends that being a chief and also professing the Christian faith puts one in a challenging position; since his loyalty and allegiance are brought into question. Whereas some Christian chiefs are of the view that they do not see anything wrong with carrying out their traditional “official duties, others think otherwise. This review seeks to consolidate the traditional rituals of a Chief into modern-day Christian practice. It attempts to put the traditional rituals into perceptive of Christian practice to avoid religious-cultural conflicts.
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References
Abotchie, C. (2006). In Chieftaincy in Ghana: Culture, Governance and Development. Sub-Saharan Publishers, pp. 230-244.
Agbeti, J. K. (1986). West African church history: Christian missions and church foundations. Leiden: E. J. Brill press. Pp. 33-50.
Agorsah, E. K. (2010). Religion, ritual and African tradition. Indiana, Bloomington Indian.
Agyarko, R. O. (2005). Libation in African Christian Theology. University of the Western Cape.
Agyemang, Y. S. (2009). Religion and governance: A study of indigenous Asante religious institutions in governance and their integration into contemporary governance in Ghana. University of Ghana.
Asante, E. (2006). The Relationship between Chieftaincy and Christianity." In Chieftaincy in Ghana: Culture, Governance and Development, by Irene K. Odotei and Albert K. Awedoba. Legon: Sub-Saharan Publishers.
Brobbey, S. A. (2008). The law of chieftaincy in Ghana. Accra, Advanced legal.
Busia, K. A. (1968). The Position of the Chief in a Modern Political System of Ashanti.London: Oxford University.
Gyekye, K. (2003) African cultural values: An introduction. Accra: Sankofa Publishing Company.
Nukunya, G. K. (2003). Tradition and change in Ghana: An introduction to sociology 2nd edition. Accra: Ghana University.
Opuni-Frimpong, K. (2012).Indigenous Knowledge and Missions: Perspectives of Akan leadership formation on christian leadership development. Accra: Sonlife.
Sarpong, P. K. (2002).Peoples differ: An approach to inculturation in evangelization. Accra: Sub-Saharan.
Sarpong, P. K. (1971). The sacred stools of the Akan. Accra: Ghana Publishing Corporation.
Oduyoye, M. A. (2000), Hearing and Knowing: Theological Reflections on Christianity in Africa Accra: Sam-Woode