Destructive and violent conflicts in Tanzanian Christian families motivated to do this research. As part of a conceptual study of conflict and Conflict Transformation the author conducted interviews with lay and clergy leaders of the ELCT and supplemented these data with statistical material collected from a few selected congregations.

Cross-cultural couples - whether as friends or in a marriage relationship - are embarking upon an exciting adventure. They will be confronted not only by their individual personality differences, but must also come to terms with their differing cultural identities. That is the theme of this book: how have I grown up and how have I been culturally moulded? Which world view...