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    FAMILY is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity‚ affinity‚ or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children. Anthropologists most generally classify family organization as matrilocal (a mother and her children); conjugal (a husband‚ his wife‚ and children; also called nuclear family); and consanguineal (also called an extended family) in which parents and children co-reside with other members of one parent’s

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    Body Ritual among the Nacirema” tells the story of the “unusual aspect” lifestyle and the rituals of the Americans. Miner uses a unique approach to describe not Nacirema but the Americans by using an outsider’s view‚ a person who does not understand American’s lifestyle. Nacirema is American spelled backwards Miner writes about is every household having a “shrine room” and those individuals with more power contain more than one. He remarks that the shrines rituals ‘are not with family but are

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    BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Family to Family Submitted to Dr. Gene Jefferies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of EVAN 525 Contemporary Evangelism by Shawn T. Hunt October 4‚ 2014 Abstract The book Family to Family is a concrete guide for the family that has lost connection with itself. The very purpose of the book as stated by the authors is to “discover God’s purpose for your family‚ develop a family mission statement‚ establish core

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    To start‚ the Ibo people have many societal rituals in their culture where women have major parts in them. For example‚ the Uri ritual is a ceremony where the suitor brings palm-oil to everyone in the bride’s family; this is primarily a woman’s ritual because the bride’s mother is expected to make food for the entire village with the help of other women. Also‚ during the Feast of the New Yam women have a role in taking the yams from the old harvest‚ and making yam foo-foo‚ which is a soup with mostly

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    end which showcases his outlook having peaked and that he has now gone from innocent‚ to realistic. “Even then‚ at the age of nine‚ when there was so little about the world I understood‚ I knew that something had changed‚ that the Saturday morning ritual of horror was over”. He had been raised in an environment where he was shielded from any threats‚ and taught proper manners in the

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    differences. Both stories are similar in the importance of family ties and the way they view family‚ but differ in sibling relations. In “Sonny’s Blues”‚ the siblings want to recreate their brotherly bond again‚ but in “Everyday Use” there is no sign of healing the hole between Dee‚ Maggie‚ and Mama. First‚ we will look at the importance of family ties between both stories. In “Everyday Use” the characters have strong connections with family ties and their heritage. “Not ‘Dee‚’Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo

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    Family To Family Summary

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    The book Family to Family is written by Jerry Pipes and Victor Lee. Pipes is a Leader with the North American Mission Board and director of jerry pipes productions. He goes around the world addressing groups of audience through different gatherings and workshops‚ preparing the populace on the most proficient method to change lives for Christ. He is a refined author‚ spouse‚ and father. Jerry and his wife‚ Debra‚ have two children‚ Paige and Josh. Victor Lee is from Knoxville‚ Tennessee. He goes

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    IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY The word family has multiple meanings in the dictionary. It is ‘a social unit living together’ or ‘parents and their children‚ considered as a group‚ whether dwelling together or not’. In a broader term‚ relatives can also be added to this group. But it is much more than that. Family is the first learning place of an individual in this world. Starting from childhood till old age‚ he learns everything from his family. He sees his family members walking and starts trying that

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    Family is where we all belong to and from where our identity comes from. A person is valued based on his family and upbringing. We all belong to a family and it is our family that keeps us together through thick and thin. Without having a family‚ no person is complete and the completeness comes with good family bonding. Now what is a family? By just saying that you live with your family does not hold any values to being a part of the family. Four or five persons living under one roof does not become

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    FAMILY George Peter Murdock (Social Structure 250 societies) “A social group characterised by common residence‚ economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain socially approved sexual relationship‚ and one or more children‚ own or adopted of the sexually co-habiting adults”. The family thus lives together‚ puts resources and produces offspring. Nuclear family is the smallest group. Extended family is Nuclear family plus vertical

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