Ondji'i Toung, Richard,‏ ‎1964-2019-09-252019-09-252009-06-2420079782825415160http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173424"This paper will examine family leadership in our cultural setting, identifying its limitations and offering solutions in the light of Christian ethics. Why reflect on the subject of responsible leadership in families today? It is clear that we are experiencing a kind of social crisis, a crisis that has affected the family and resulted in the dislocation of the family unit in our villages and in our cities. For us, this raises the question of who exactly carries responsibility in the sociopolitical units which these families represent. Specifically, to use our own language, we want to know what it means to be the Nya mbôrô in our families and in our villages today, and who fulfils that role. Taking Southern Cameroon as the cultural context for our study, and bearing in mind the task assigned to us as part of the Globethics.net study programme, the question is: ‘What is the family leader responsible for, and what is he not responsible for, in the traditions of Southern Cameroon, and from the perspective of Christian ethics?’ This is the question that makes this study relevant and of interest. Our intention is to contribute to resolving and healing the crisis mentioned above.", (p. 34)Pages: 11engWith permission of the license/copyright holderfamily ethicsleadershipChristian ethicsresponsibilityAfrican Traditional ReligionsPolitical ethicsCultural ethicsMethods of ethicsCommunity ethicsGovernance and ethicsCultural/intercultural ethicsTheological ethicsSocial ethicsFamily ethicsBook chapter