An evaluation of polygamous marriage among the Gikuyu of the central province of Kenya in light of the Scriptures /by Samuel Njuguna Nagi.

By: Publication details: 1988.Description: v, 60 leaves ; 29 cmContent type:
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Contents:
Factors Motivating Polygamy Among the Gikuyu -- Polygamy in the Early Western World -- African Polygamy -- Debate in Africa.
Missionaries: The Good They Overlooked -- Culture and Christianity.
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.
New Testament Teachings -- Polygamy and Spiritual Leadership -- Strategy for Dealing with Polygamists.
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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.

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I. The Origin of Polygamy in Historical Perspective

Gikuyu-An Historical Background -- Factors Motivating Polygamy Among the Gikuyu -- Polygamy in the Early Western World -- African Polygamy -- Debate in Africa.

II. Polygamy, African Culture and Christianity

Culture: What Does It Mean? -- Missionaries: The Good They Overlooked -- Culture and Christianity.

III. Polygamy and Gikuyu Society

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.

IV. Polygamy and the Scriptures

Marriage, Its Origin -- New Testament Teachings -- Polygamy and Spiritual Leadership -- Strategy for Dealing with Polygamists.

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