Amos and ‘Ghana in the Eyes of God’:

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" Amos and ‘Ghana in the Eyes of God’: "
Patrick Kofi Amissah

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069305
Doc. No	:	LA112934
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341579‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Patrick Kofi Amissah
Title & Author	:	Amos and ‘Ghana in the Eyes of God’: [Article] : a Public Theological Response to Bribery and Corruption\ Patrick Kofi Amissah
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	13/3
Page No	:	282–300
Abstract	:	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 to substantiate the hitherto unsubstantiated perception that some judges in Ghana take bribes to skew judgement. The scandal is deepened through many of the judges being Christian. They attracted widespread criticism from religious leaders, both Christian and others, as well as from the wider society. The public sphere of a fair and independent judiciary was thus compromised. The argument draws upon an assessment of Amos 5:7; 10, 12 and 6:12. These texts are examined in the light of this judicial bribery and corruption scandal and thus provide an example of how the Bible can play a part in a public theology and nurture of social justice. 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 to substantiate the hitherto unsubstantiated perception that some judges in Ghana take bribes to skew judgement. The scandal is deepened through many of the judges being Christian. They attracted widespread criticism from religious leaders, both Christian and others, as well as from the wider society. The public sphere of a fair and independent judiciary was thus compromised. The argument draws upon an assessment of Amos 5:7; 10, 12 and 6:12. These texts are examined in the light of this judicial bribery and corruption scandal and thus provide an example of how the Bible can play a part in a public theology and nurture of social justice.
Descriptor	:	Amos
Descriptor	:	Bible
Descriptor	:	judicial bribery
Descriptor	:	prophecy
Descriptor	:	public theology
Descriptor	:	scandal
Descriptor	:	social justice
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15697320-12341579‬