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Ebenezer Akesseh

Fr. Ebenezer Akesseh, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, is the Parish Priest of Christ the King Catholic Church, Cantonments, Accra and a lecturer at St. Paul’s Catholic Seminary, Accra, Ghana. His scholarly interests include virtue ethics, social ethics, Catholic Social Teachings, Business Ethics and African ethics.

Essays

“Ite Missa Est”: How can the Altar Alter Attitudes and Actions?

Worship, with its “meaning-laden symbols, repeating rituals, sacred texts, shared song, prescribed prayers, re-enacted narratives,” has a way of moving the worshiper away from what is proscribed to what is prescribed; in effect, from the vices of corruption to the virtues that promote the common good.