Amos and ‘"Ghana in the Eyes of God": a Public Theological Response to Bribery and Corruption

The purpose of this article is to draw upon the condemnation of bribery, corruption and miscarriage of justice to be found in the book of Amos for the sake of a public theology. The occasion for such is a bribery scandal that hit the Ghanaian judiciary. An investigative journalist presented evidence...

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Main Author: Amissah, Patrick Kofi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: International journal of public theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 282-300
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
HB Old Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NCC Social ethics
NCD Political ethics
XA Law
Further subjects:B judicial bribery
B Social Justice
B Bible
B Public Theology
B Scandal
B Amos
B Prophecy
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