An evaluation of polygamous marriage among the Gikuyu of the central province of Kenya in light of the Scriptures /by Samuel Njuguna Nagi.
Nagi, Samuel Njuguna,
An evaluation of polygamous marriage among the Gikuyu of the central province of Kenya in light of the Scriptures /by Samuel Njuguna Nagi. - 1988. - v, 60 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript. Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1988. Bibliography: leaves 58-60. I. The Origin of Polygamy in Historical Perspective II. Polygamy, African Culture and Christianity III. Polygamy and Gikuyu Society IV. Polygamy and the Scriptures
Gikuyu-An Historical Background -- Factors Motivating Polygamy Among the Gikuyu -- Polygamy in the Early Western World -- African Polygamy -- Debate in Africa. Culture: What Does It Mean? -- Missionaries: The Good They Overlooked -- Culture and Christianity. Preferential Polygamy -- Marriage and Kinship -- Gikuyu Kinship System -- The Gikuyu System of Polygamy: An Historical Perspective -- The Management of a Polygamous Household -- The Big Question: Distribution of Love -- Divorce -- Sexual Regulation and Family Planning. Marriage, Its Origin -- New Testament Teachings -- Polygamy and Spiritual Leadership -- Strategy for Dealing with Polygamists.
Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions.--Ministry Perspective Project.
BV4070 / .E935 1988 BV4070
An evaluation of polygamous marriage among the Gikuyu of the central province of Kenya in light of the Scriptures /by Samuel Njuguna Nagi. - 1988. - v, 60 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript. Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1988. Bibliography: leaves 58-60. I. The Origin of Polygamy in Historical Perspective II. Polygamy, African Culture and Christianity III. Polygamy and Gikuyu Society IV. Polygamy and the Scriptures
Gikuyu-An Historical Background -- Factors Motivating Polygamy Among the Gikuyu -- Polygamy in the Early Western World -- African Polygamy -- Debate in Africa. Culture: What Does It Mean? -- Missionaries: The Good They Overlooked -- Culture and Christianity. Preferential Polygamy -- Marriage and Kinship -- Gikuyu Kinship System -- The Gikuyu System of Polygamy: An Historical Perspective -- The Management of a Polygamous Household -- The Big Question: Distribution of Love -- Divorce -- Sexual Regulation and Family Planning. Marriage, Its Origin -- New Testament Teachings -- Polygamy and Spiritual Leadership -- Strategy for Dealing with Polygamists.
Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions.--Ministry Perspective Project.
BV4070 / .E935 1988 BV4070