Eleventh International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

Abstract

The present study surveys how the eclectic spiritual pathways visibly witnessed in Ghana’s public life contributes to the process of individual and national response and coping with the novel coronavirus pandemic. Data collected from five of Ghana’s sixteen regions with highest cumulative Covid-19 cases indicate how a sound spiritual outlook is critical to infected persons and families’ coping and recovery process. The study identified key elements—spiritual formation, spiritual leadership, and the engagement of spiritual activities such as prayer, singing, faith-based declarations and listening to faith-based messages, as well as the knowledge that close relations are in spiritual support for one’s healing—as contributing to the process of coping and healing. The study concludes that a resilient spiritual posture lived both in private and public provides an efficacious coping mechanism for individuals and Ghanaians in general.