Nadar, Sarojini.Gaomas, Nokokure Rogate.2010-08-172010-08-1720072007http://hdl.handle.net/10413/161Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.This study aims to analyse the links between patriarchy in the bible, the Damara culture, and the ecclesiological practices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCN). Using empirical research (interviews) and socio-historical methodology, the study demonstrates how biblical patriarchy affects married Damara women and evaluates the consequent roles of women in the religious context of the church, in the light of the biblical and cultural patriarchy which Damara women are subjected to.enPatriarchy--Religious aspects--Christianity.Evangelical Lutheran Church--Zambia.Feminist theology.Damara (African people)--Social life and customs.Damara (African people)--Religious life and customs.Theses--Theology.Thesis