A Reflection on the Role of the Church in Ensuring Societal Peace
Konadu Adam
& George Kyeremeh
Issue: Vol.3 No.13 December 2022 Article 1 pp.665-672
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20223131 | Published online 12th December 2022.
© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Human life and welfare are utterly dependent on peace. Peace is, thus, vital for the existence and sustainability of humanity. The quest for peace has become a necessity from the origination and existence of humanity. Hence, it has been incumbent on the Church as an institution to be involved in the collaborative pursuit of peace in human society. This paper discusses biblical expositions on peace and how the Church as an institution can ensure peace in human society. This paper is relevant because it makes people aware that the phenomenon of peace has a biblical backing, and hence it is a divine requirement that the Church and humanity in general should do everything possible to ensure and sustain peace in human society. Using texts from the Bible and other secondary data resources from the internet, and published and unpublished literature in the form of books and journal articles, the authors discuss the concept of peace theologically and expound on the role of the Church in ensuring societal peace. This study is necessary because it uncovers what the Bible says about Peace and how the Church, whose operation is centered on the tenets of the Bible, can ensure peace in the society.
Keywords: The Church, Societal Peace, Justice, Old Testament, New Testament
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Konadu Adam holds a Master of Philosophy in Religious Studies from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Religious Studies at KNUST. His research interest has been in Religion and Society, Comparative study of Religions and Interfaith Relations. He is a Tutor of Religious and Moral Education at St. Ambrose College of Education at Dormaa-Akwamu in the Bono Region of Ghana.
George Kyeremeh holds a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counselling from the Marist College, New York and Master of Arts in Religious Studies from St. Joseph Seminary, New York, USA. His research interest has been in Religion and Mental Health. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Religious Studies at KNUST in Ghana. He is the Principal of St. Ambrose College of Education at Dormaa-Akwamu in the Bono Region of Ghana.
Adam K. & Kyeremeh G. “A Reflection on the Role of the Church in Ensuring Societal Peace,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 3, no.13 (2022):665-672. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20223131
© 2022 The Author(s). Published and Maintained by Noyam Publishers. This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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