Sentences with phrase «tribal chieftains»

Christian missionaries to Africa in past centuries were ruthless in demanding that tribal chieftains divorce all but one wife, with tragic consequences for the ones rejected.

To tell the Story through the language and categories of football would in all likelihood be no less profitable than St. Paul's attempt to liken the Christian disciple to a Roman soldier or the early missionaries» attempt to portray Christ as a divine tribal chieftain or the rock generation's creation of Jesus Christ Superstar.

Not exact matches

This varied from island to island, but most of them had a tribal structure, ruled by a chieftain who was in turn advised by a council of elders.

Rather, we are a society governed by ideological variation, led by chieftains in a digital tribal society.