عنوان

Amos and 'Ghana in the Eyes of God':

شماره

LA112934

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Amos and 'Ghana in the Eyes of God':

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

a Public Theological Response to Bribery and Corruption

نام نخستين پديدآور

Patrick Kofi Amissah

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

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.

تاريخ نشر

2019

توصيف ظاهري

282-300

عنوان

International Journal of Public Theology

شماره جلد

13/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7320

اصطلاح موضوعی

Amos

اصطلاح موضوعی

Bible

اصطلاح موضوعی

judicial bribery

اصطلاح موضوعی

prophecy

اصطلاح موضوعی

public theology

اصطلاح موضوعی

scandal

اصطلاح موضوعی

social justice

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Patrick Kofi Amissah

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15697320-12341579

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y