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The author suggests that a key metaphor in Scripture for leadership (shepherding) may, in significant ways, not be fully understood or appreciated by ministry practitioners in the increasingly urban and technologically-driven West, thus limiting its didactic and transformative potential. This study focused on the Maasai people group in Tanzania for their largely still-primitive shepherding culture. Twenty-one Maasai pastors consented to semi-structured interviews. Questions centered on their shepherd role, pastor role, and the relationship, if any, between the two, with the goal of exploring the ways in which the shepherd-pastors might illuminate the shepherd metaphor. Findings were organized primarily according to shepherd-pastor tasks and traits, and corresponding ministry recommendations were offered.
Advisor: | Schepens, Bennett |
Commitee: | Chan, Frank, Sanders, Martin |
School: | Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary |
Department: | Christiian Leadership |
School Location: | United States -- New York |
Source: | DAI-A 79/09(E), Dissertation Abstracts International |
Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
Subjects: | Clergy |
Keywords: | Leadership, Maasai, Metaphor, Pastor, Shepherd |
Publication Number: | 10812987 |
ISBN: | 978-0-355-93943-9 |