i think it depends on the division bc i was raised methodist and thats not a think where as i have a friend who’s baptist and that part of becoming a member of her church and UGH they are rly gross about it too
haztevaler replied to your post: does anyone have any resources on missionaries and...
yeah i have no idea because i was raised lutheran and i can honestly never recall being taught about missionaries
i was raised lutheran as well and i don't think i ever learned anything about it? hmm
hamiltonalexander replied to your post: does anyone have any resources on missionaries and...
i mean, in america the first on-rez christian schools were started in the 1600s—natives were separated from the tribes into “praying towns” so they could be civilized and the different sects “got” different tribes to “civilize” depending on their idk how to put it…but, like, “good” missionaries got the “good” natives (which tended to be southwest tribes and woodland tribes) while “bad” missions (newer, less effective, seen as less essential, ect etc) got the “bad” natives (mostly plains tribes, afair). did this even answer your question omg i’m rambling i’m sorry
no no this is really good to know! i've learned a bit about how christianity was used to try to "civilize" tribes as well but it was really only touched on. i had no idea about the differentiation! i'm wondering about missionaries in like, theology of christianity, like is there a missionary clause that drives people do to this? but the history is good too!
tetraghost replied to your post: does anyone have any resources on missionaries and...
it was a later thing based on an earlier thing?? like of course before the formation of a powerful church there were people who saw it as their duty but when the church was formed it became like an Actual Thing
oh okay so is it more like an interpretation of something in scripture or is it something that was introduced separately but it's part of the church so it became a thing or
chronicpayne replied to your post: does anyone have any resources on missionaries and...
I’m actually writing an essay on this right now in the African context if that’s something you’re interested in I can recommend some books/journal articles?
but the basics are that it’s a long existing phenomenon but in the European context missionary work increased dramatically in the 19th century as heavily racialised views of Africans as ‘inferior’ and the idea of the ‘civilising mission’ emerged
also in the african context most missionaries in the 19th/ early 20th century were European protestant or Catholic but in the late 20th century/contempory Africa lots of missionaries are evangelicals from the US
i would love that!! wow thank you for the info i have read about evangelizing in asia but i haven't read that much about africa
