Akan Religious Ontology and Environmental Sustainability in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorGolo, B.K.
dc.contributor.authorMajeed, H.M.
dc.contributor.authorMyles, N.O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-28T11:46:59Z
dc.date.available2022-06-28T11:46:59Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, using ethnographic field data from three indigenous Akan communities, we show that Akan religious ontology about the natural world provides a formidable resource and framework for managing the environmentally destructive tendencies of the human being. We further prove that while these ontologies about the natural world emerge from the intense religiosity of the Akan and the metaphysical worldview of the indigenous Akan, they contain strong environmental ethical norms and values worth resourcing for environmental sustainability in Ghana. We, consequently, argue that significant attention ought to be paid to these religious ontologies—beliefs, norms and practices—of the indigenous Akan, as an effective means of achieving environmental sustainability. We, therefore, propose the resourcing and adoption of indigenous religious ontologies on the natural world that have the potential of informing and enhancing environmental policies and initiatives towards environmental sustainability in Ghana.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1163/15685357-20221001
dc.identifier.urihttps://brill.com/view/journals/wo/aop/article-10.1163-15685357-20221001/article-10.1163-15685357-20221001.xml?ebody=article%20details
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/38186
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBrillen_US
dc.subjectreligious environmentalismen_US
dc.subjectindigenous Akanen_US
dc.subjectReligious ontologyen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectnatural worlden_US
dc.subjectstewardshipen_US
dc.titleAkan Religious Ontology and Environmental Sustainability in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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