Missionaries are no strangers to students and researchers of the British Empire. The hackneyed image of the rough-hewn Anglican vicar preaching salvation, Christ, and colonialism to legions of natives is one of the enduring archetypes of British colonialism. This image, like so many similar ones, is not without basis in historical fact. Missionaries played a notable role in British imperial exp...

In her article "US-American Protestant Missionaries and Translation in China 1894-1911" Mingyu Lu discusses impact of and surrounding atmosphere between Protestant missionaries and Chinese intellectuals in translating Western texts. During the national crisis in 1894-1911, Protestant missionaries and Chinese intellectuals co-translated a large number of Western texts and adjusted their translat...

In Colonial India Missionaries used education as a tool for propagating Christianity. The Scottish and Protestant Missions had profound ? on the educational set ups of India. This study examines the aims and objectives of the missionaries brought educational and religious ideas with them and pressures put forth by their own followers. The Missionaries had deep impact on the local culture. The M...

the study has investigated the missionaries' attitude towards the function of weblog and sms, and also the amount of using them. the fields of sending sms and also the aim of creating the weblog have been studied too. for this purpose, the concept of religious media has been used for the meaning of using media to achieve religious goals and ideals. these two media have been chosen for thei...

The focus on the care and feeding of missionaries and their families has dramatically increased over the past quarter century. Much of the literature in this area has emphasized the practical and clinical aspects of member care. In recent years, however, several authors have pointed to the need for more and better research to support member care efforts. Richardson (1992) cites the lack of empi...

The seroprevalence and incidence of Helicobacter pylori infection were determined among 312 North American missionaries who were serving in developing countries between 1967 and 1984. The majority (81%) resided in sub-Saharan Africa. When initially evaluated, the missionaries had a mean age of 40 years, 65% were female, and all were of white race/ethnicity. An ELISA showed that the initial prev...

Abstract From the late 1980s, foreign—primarily American—missionaries started to travel Ukraine in large numbers. This article is concerned with impact of American Baptist missionaries and how their influence was perceived locally 2016, time my fieldwork. When I set out conduct fieldwork research among believers Lviv, surprised that local denied foreign on communities worship style. Moreover, m...

To extinguish the Mau Mau, a movement driven by land issues that marked Kenya, colonial government declared state of emergency in 1952, creating villages to which Kikuyu population was displaced, as well detention camps for guerrillas. Therefore, it is worth analyzing relationships amongst Consolata missionaries and guerrillas, led an approximation between these Kikuyu.