Abstract

CONRADIE, Ernst M.. To cover the many sins of Galamsey Mining. Missionalia (Online) [online]. 2018, vol.46, n.1, pp.109-130. ISSN 2312-878X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.7832/46-1-274.

This contribution calls attention to the environmental impact of mining in general and of galamsey mining in Ghana in particular as a theme for theological (and not merely ethical or pastoral) reflection. This topic is approached by placing it in juxtaposition with Christian discourse on sin, understood as a form of social diagnostics. By recovering the category of sin, this contribution seeks uncover the many sins of galamsey mining in the hope that such a prophetic critique will expose any ideological or idolatrous "cover-ups" but will nevertheless be "covered" by the gospel of the forgiveness of sin (see James 5:19-20).

Keywords : Ecotheology; Forgiveness; Gold; Mining; Prosperity gospel; Sin; Social diagnostics.

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