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CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM RELATIONS IN GHANA: UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCES FOR BETTER ENGAGEMENT

  • Muslim-Christian Encounter
  • Abbr : MCE
  • 2022, 15(2), pp.43-85
  • DOI : 10.30532/mce.2022.15.2.43
  • Publisher : Torch Trinity Center for Islamic Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Mission Theology
  • Received : September 7, 2022
  • Accepted : September 27, 2022
  • Published : September 30, 2022

KOMLA, NUEKPE DIEUDONNE 1

1The Church of Pentecost HQ

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ABSTRACT

Properly understanding and engaging Muslims with the gospel is a challenge for Christians in Ghana, where evangelism can lead to serious conflict. Thus, many Ghanaian Christians choose to sweep Christianity and Islam’s differences under the carpet as a pretext to ensure peaceful coexistence. Unfortunately, forgetting these differences does not often result in peace and harmony. Instead, a better understanding of the essential convergences and divergences of the faiths is necessary for sharing the gospel with Muslims. This paper raises awareness of these similarities and differences within the context of Ghanian folk Islam and considers existing bridges, theological mediums, and the existential needs of folk Muslims that enable bridges to be built for Christian-Muslim engagement.

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