The Political Economy of Heaven and Earth in Ghana - Paperbackby Charles Prempeh (Author) In March 2017, the president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufu announced his intention to build a national cathedral to the people of Ghana. The announcement elicited watertight counter arguments that morphed into two a priori re litigated assumptions: First, Ghana is a secular country and second, religion and state formation are incompatible. Informed by a frustrating paradox of an overwhelming religious presence and