The price of spiritual and social survival: investigating the reasons for the departure of young New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland Samoan Seventh-day Adventist Church

Description:

This study seeks to determine the reasons for the departure of New Zealand-born Samoans from a South Auckland traditional Samoan Seventh-day Adventist church. The concept of SURVIVAL: Exposure, Exit, and Reinvestment Model is used to explain the two factors instrumental in these young people's decisions to depart from the church. The first factor, which is a push factor, is the atmosphere at ch...

Display date:

2005-01-01

Location:

Samoa

Format:

Thesis

Collections:

Tuwhera

Contributors:

Crothers, Charles

Publisher:

Auckland University of Technology

Content partner:

Auckland University of Technology

Availability:

Not specified