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Title: | Polygyny among urban Shona and Ndebele christians: a case study |
Author: | Chavunduka, G.L. |
Year: | 1979 |
Periodical: | Nada: The Southern Rhodesia Native Affairs Department Annual |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 10-20 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | Christianity polygamy |
Abstract: | There is many Shona and Ndebele Christians who uphold both in theory and practice the monogamous Christian teaching cm marriage. But there are some who have Lapsed into polygyny. Others enter into same form of polygyny but hope to become active members of the church again when they have terminated their second marriage. This paper is concerned with this last group. The rationalisation and techniques of neutralisation that some people employ when they have departed from the church's ruling toy acquiring additional wives are important in lessening the effectiveness of social control. This does not mean, however, that such people do not have feelings of guilt and shame when called upon to account for their deviant behavior. Many often do. Notes, ref. |