Abstract
Christianity was rekindled in Asante Kingdom in the Gold Coast (Ghana) in the 15th century by European missionaries. The Asante converts were taught to abandon their religion to become Christians. However, some Asante Christians, and in fact, this could be true about other contexts in Africa and elsewhere, remain dual religious, accepting Christianity on one hand and Asante Traditional Religion on the other. In this study, the author seeks to find out why some Asante Christians resort to some elements of Asante Traditional Religion in times of crisis and whether an Asante can be truly Asante and truly Christian. The study used the convergent mixed-methods case study approach in the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church Ghana and the Church of Pentecost in Ejisu Juaben Municipality to collect primary data using a questionnaire and an interview guide. Using the Krejcie and Morgan Sample Size Determination Table, three hundred and seventy-seven (377) Christians with diverse backgrounds and roles out of a total population of 20,000 Christians from the three Churches were surveyed. In addition, nine (9) ordained ministers from the three denominations were interviewed purposively in the study because of their knowledge and expertise in the topic. The study found out that some Asante Christians are dual religious because they are pragmatic and resort to either Christianity or some elements of Asante Traditional Religion in times of crisis for solutions to their problems. The study recommends that Asante Christians should appreciate the role of Asante Traditional Religion in preparing the soil for the establishment of Christianity; dialogue with Asante Traditional Religion and enculturate or integrate the gospel with Asante Traditional Religion to become truly Asante and truly Christian. Keywords: Asante, Christian, Christianity, Traditional Religion, dialogue, inculturation.
Highlights
The first phase of Christianity in Africa in the 1st century of the Christian era took root in North Africa in such places as Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia with great figures such as Tertullian, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian, Monica and Augustine
ON INDIGENISATION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG ASANTES the responses from a survey and interviews conducted in Ejisu Juaben Municipality among Roman Catholics, Methodists and Pentecostals in 2017 were analysed in order to ascertain whether an Asante can be truly Asante and truly Christian or whether an Asante Christian should abandon Asante Traditional Religion to become a Christian
The results show that most of the respondents were educated between Junior High School and tertiary level and understood the issues under consideration
Summary
The first phase of Christianity in Africa in the 1st century of the Christian era took root in North Africa in such places as Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Ethiopia with great figures such as Tertullian, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian, Monica and Augustine. This phase of Christianity in Africa was wiped away completely by the Islamic threat of the 7th century A.D. Christianity was rekindled in the Gold Coast (Ghana) by the Portuguese Catholic seafarers and missionaries in the 15th century.. Spiritan West Africa Memorial for Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana 26.
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