The Christian prohibition of the African leviratic custom
Subtitle: an empirical study of the problem of adapting Western Christian teachings on marriage to the leviratic care of widows in four African societies
By: by Michael C. Kirwen.
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Levirate.; Marriage -- Africa.; Marriage -- Catholic Church.
Notes: "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Institute of Christian Thought in the University of St. Michael's College."

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of St. Michael's College, 1974.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 448-475).