Date of Award
2016
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
First Advisor
Leon Blanchette
Abstract
East African families and communities function day-to-day as a single living organism. As one participant said, “Life is common.”[1] What he meant by that was that life is shared among the members of a community, whether biologically related relatives or those who live in close proximity with others. Throughout this research, close interaction with several native East Africans took place, and insights were made into how this view of communal living works itself out in daily life.
[1]. Yusufo, interview by author, Grand Rapids, March 31, 2014.
Recommended Citation
Strait, Ben, "East African Perspectives of Family and Community, and How They Can Inform Western Ecclesiology" (2016). M.A. in Family Ministry. 1.
https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/cmin_mafm/1
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Comments
For M.A. in Family Ministry