Religious Tolerance within Academic and Government Institutions in Ghana

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Western Europe, grade: A, , course: Politics and International Relations, language: English, abstract: Religious tolerance since historical and even in present times continues to play a significant role in how societies, decisions and events are shaped whether in an academic, political, cultural, governmental institutional or corporate setting. The nation of Ghana serves as an epitome for a growing pattern and ground for the evolution of religious tolerance within its academic and government institutions. The freedom of practicing religion in Ghana has caused many religious institutions and inter-religious dialogue groups to set-up seminars and programs in Ghana. These religious institutions and inter-religious dialogue groups, set-up seminars and programs in order to educate and create sensitization religious dialogues to promote an awareness for the Ghanaian society to understand the importance of being tolerant of other religions. Many inter-religious dialogue programs which involve both academics and religious leaders in Ghana has stirred up the yearn to discover the level of religious tolerance practiced in academic and government institutions. This study aims to discover this question of the level of religious tolerance in Ghanaian governmental and academic institutions. The study examines the historical and philosophical aspects of religious tolerance with a context of how it took shape in other parts of the world and in Ghana. It also examines the contributions that interfaith and inter-religious dialogues have made in promoting religious tolerance, cultural diplomacy, using religion as an instrument of peace, economic stability and political stability within Ghana. The research also includes some qualitative and quantitative research carried out in both governmental, faith based and non-faith based academic institutions such as the Islamic University of Ghana, Lancaster University Ghana and the Electricity Company of Ghana in order to determine the level at which religious tolerance is widely practiced within academic and government institutions in Ghana.