A Reflection on the Impact of Christian and Muslim Prayers on Moral Behaviour in the Ghanaian Society

Ron Macaulay ORCID iD

Issue: Vol.7  No.6  June 2021 Issue  Article 2 pp. 87-96
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2021762  |   Published online 28th June 2021.
© 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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This article reflects on the impact of Christian and Muslim prayers on societal moral attitudes. It also analyses the belief, needs, modes, advantages and problems of prayer amongst the two religions. The discussions reveal that the two religions acknowledge the importance of prayer. They also share similar views on the subject; however, with regard to some elements of prayer, they share divergent views. Some notable challenges in religious pluralism in Ghana are discrimination and superiority as a result of doctrinal differences. The study recommends that, since Ghanaians have become “notoriously religious,” their prayers should reflect and result in moral lives that depict the ethical teachings of their religions. This is because the exhibition of moral values is a sine qua non for having a positive impact on society. Furthermore, the fact that contemporary education serves students from a variety of religious backgrounds, can pose many challenges to educators. Hence educators and policy makers need to provide guidelines and strategies for teaching students to understand, accept, and value religious pluralism. Those policies need to be discussed by students and their families that do not only accept and support religious pluralism, but diversity in unity. This paper contributes to current discussions on religious intolerance.

Keywords: Pluralism, intolerance, prayer, morality.

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Ron Macaulay holds a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree from the University of Ghana, Legon – Accra. He is a Minister of the Global Evangelical Church, a Lecturer and the Dean of Students at Global Theological Seminary, Ghana.

Macaulay, R.  “A Reflection on the Impact of Christian and Muslim Prayers on Moral Behaviour in the Ghanaian Society” E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 7 no.6 (2021): 87-96  https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2021762

© 2021 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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