Missionaries

On Tuesday August 25, 2015 I attended a service at Peace Missionary Baptist Church. The man of the hour was Dr. Jerry Carter from a church in Pennsylvania. His message for the night was “Beginning again”. Now before I give my opinion on the message given I would first like to give you a brief glimpse into my background. I unlike many of the students at Apex did not grow up in a Baptist Church in the south. I was never forced to attend church until I became 12 years old. My mother had always…

people, the mockingbirds. Atticus, Miss Maudie, Boo, and Tom Robinson are just a few of these beautiful people who don’t care what is said about them at the disgustingly ironic Missionary Society meetings. Harper Lee uses a mockingbird as a symbol of diversity, kindness, and most importantly progression. The Missionary Society is a steaming pile of contradiction. They instruct on being godly and doing good in the world to serve god, but they spread hateful rumors and talk of people in a…

concentration on China featuring gender issues, modern china, and religion. Gewurtz has a PhD from Cornell University and has written several books specifically on several aspects of China. While reviewing the book Crusaders against Opium: Protestant Missionaries in China, 1874—1917 by Kathleen L. Lodwick, Gewurtz writes, “Female addicts were most often found among the gentry class as they had the money and leisure to pursue the habit, and usually became addicts following the example of their…

In both primary documents Jean de Brébeuf’s Advice to Jesuit Missionaries in New France and the Spanish Monarchy’s Requerimiento describes the interactions and intentions on how to handle the Natives. The philosophies on how both to viewed the Native’s existing culture and traditions were vastly different. The French integrated and created alliances rather than the Spanish which segregated themselves from Native’s different cultures, threatened and extracted resources. The document…

How did Christian thinkers and missionaries adapt Greco-Roman ideas to Christian theology and develop effective techniques for converting barbarian peoples? Christian thinkers and missionaries adapted Christian principles to assimilate social and cultural norms of the time. Church teachings in the third and fourth centuries adapted ideas on gender roles and sexuality to conform to existing Roman values. Furthermore, missionaries seeking to spread Christianity beyond the Roman Empire did so by…

because arrival of Missionaries. The first cause of his demise was sadness that led to his death. The second cause of demise was dis potent about the clan they was converting to Missionaries. The third cause of his demise was the anger of the Missionaries when he got mad he did some things that he not proud of that led to his death. Okonkwo anger and disappointment toward the clan was caused because of the Missionaries. The first cause of sadness when he killed the missionaries when…

the Ibo culture of Africa. The story is set in the lower Niger in the 1900s. In addition to the life of Okonkwo, Achebe pans his focus to the arrival of the missionaries toward the end of the book. The missionaries arrive in Africa to convert the “primitive” Ibo people to “civilized people” through Christianity. The arrival of the missionaries symbolizes the early attempts of colonization by European powers. Through cultural aspects, character traits,…

Protestantism, remained aloof from the world missionary zealotry throughout the 16th century. Within Lutheranism, the rejection of the targeted missions until well into the 17th century was theologically justified on the ground that the Great Commission (Mat. 28:19) only applied to the Apostles. Leslie Duntson says that the true spirit of Christian mission was born out of the revival of religion which toward…

always the case. Missionary presence in Africa started around the fifteenth century when Portugal first made contact with Africa for trading routes. In order to gain land near the sea, the Portuguese “initiated the "Reconquista" project to recover Iberian lands from the Muslims” (Kalu 782-787). However, “…the force of the ministry weakened with the changing pattern of trade, internal politics, and the disbanding of the Jesuits” (Kalu 782-787), diminishing the impact of these missionaries.…

downfall of African tribes by christian missionaries along with the protagonist Okonkwo. But what if this so called “downfall” was written by and through the perspective of a missionary? The book, Things Fall Apart, would change completely in its focus in which the author Chinua Achebe wanted it to be read. The effect of christian influence would highly overcome the focus of Ibo and other African tribe cultures if the book was written through a missionary perspective, which would in turn change…