About author.
Theology at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary (PTS), Kumba. She teaches the Practice of Ministry, Pastoral Care, and Counselling at the MTh Level and the Science of Preaching, Cross-cultural Anthropology, and Church Administration at the B.Th. Level. She is the Head of the Department for Practical Theology and the current Registrar of the institution.
She holds a PhD in Theology from the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo-Norway, and a Master’s Degree in Theology (MTh) from the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics- University of KwaZulu - Natal in South Africa. A certified counsellor in Clinical Pastoral Education (CEP) from the School of Religion - University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, and a B.Th. from Presbyterian Theological Seminary Kumba.
She is married to the Rev. Atem Jacob Agbor, and she is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon.
Grappling with Home and Work Exigencies
Book category: Inspirational
Number of pages: 98
Year of publication: 2024
ISBN: 978-9956-30-721-0
Have you been caught up in the web of not being able to take care of family matters and work demands? Have you often found yourself under the pressure of choosing between family welfare and work? Here is a book that is with profound and practical teaching that will usher you into a new dawn of work/ home life balance. When properly read and applied, it has the potential to make you experience more joy, peace, happiness, love, and harmony; taking care of family while responding adequately to your job demands. In Grappling with Home and Work Exigencies, the Rev Dr Gladys Atem Wang has taken time off to dig deep into biblical and scholarly resources to come out with this timely publication that would meet the needs of all who have been facing the challenges of balancing their time with family and work demands.
Rev. Neba Muangu
National Secretary Youth Work Department PCC
Wang uses four chapters to unravel the mystery and deadlock that has troubled, humbugged and severed many marriages in contemporary times. Dr Wang emphatically argues that it is not about balancing, but about integrating both work and home lifestyles. She highlights gender-related identity issues where men are considered as breadwinners and women as home managers, longer working hours and work schedules, family demands as well as unsupportive families as factors of home/work conflicts. So, to strike a balance amongst others, one should be able to know the nature of his or her job and set firm boundaries between work time and home time so that none overlaps or infringes on another.
Rev. Ngomo Dibo Mathias
Lecturer and Vice Dean Students’ Aff airs (VDSA),
Presbyterian Theological Seminary (PTS) Kumba - Cameroon