The Akan (Ghana) Concept Of Witchcraft: A Pastoral Problem.
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2000-02
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
In the following work, I have tried to examine the Akan concept of witchcraft as a
pastoral problem, which both foreign and local missionaries face, and how to help the
victims out of it. The focus of the work has been trying to understand in a deeper way the
roots of the fear of witchcraft.
Though the fear of witchcraft is so pervasive in Africa, so far the response of the
Christian Church, especially the established Churches has been one of denial and
rejection. Should this continue the way it is now, or something has to be done? This is
one of the basic questions that I have tried to answer.
Although I personally doubt the existential substance of witchcraft, I firmly
believe that the reality of the belief in witchcraft is indubitable. The conclusion of the
work then is, witchcraft is a pastoral problem in the African Church and all efforts must
be made to fully understand it.
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Witchcraft, Pastoral Problem, Akan