Missionary

do the dirty work. After the crown sends it people to administrate it. Finally it sent the church to use its spiritual power to convinces the natives to assimilate. The church had two arms of the clergy. The regular clergy was the spiritual and missionary, advocated and defended the natives. The secular clergy was the material, organization, and political sided with settlers and landowners. The crown often sided with secular clergy. The seculars and crown undid work of regulars. The Office of…

The novel Things Fall Apart, represents exactly how missionaries treated the Igbo people when they came into their compounds and forced their religion upon them. This is shown when Obierika tells the White Commissioner “That man was one of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now…

Humanity use religions as an alternative to explain the unexplainable, at times disregarding certain aspects of scientific studies about the natural world. They give hope to the living and comfort to the dying. The human brain attempts to make sense of the world around us through categorizing and compartmentalizing information for processing. This is what drove ancient civilizations to incorporate the worshipping of deities in day to day life. They did not have the ability nor the resources to…

In The Poisonwood Bible, the Price family goes on a missionary trip to Africa. They take an airplane to Kilanga, a Congolese village. There, Nathan tries to baptize the natives, while Orleanna attempts to keep her daughters from dying due to the dangers lurking in the unknown. The females and males in the family all have different opinions about coming to Africa. In the historical fiction novel, The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver shows that it is not the Price’s or the white man’s duty to…

as members of a flourishing society in response to Conrad’s stereotypical portrayal of Africans. Things Fall Apart follows Okonkwo's life as he strives for respect in his community. Okonkwo’s clan attempts to protect the values that the European missionaries, that have invaded Umuofia, would destroy in order to “civilize” the natives. However the prolonging stereotype of Africans being savages in the eyes of the European readers is put into effect even more due to Okonkwo’s non open mindedness…

The main idea of Selim Deringil's article is to determine how Ottoman Empire, like the Habsburgs and Romanovs, tried to transform itself from a dynastic empire to a modern citizen-based state during the nineteenth century. He mentions the rising prestige of the national idea among these monarchies and how this idea leaded them to create an "empire nationalism". According to Deringil, that was the point when the public image of the state became a necessity to constitute an "Ottoman citizenry".…

The white man’s ways were foreign to the Ibo culture. All they had known was that barns, wives, and wealth is what builds a successful life and depending on how much of each a man had it measured how prosperous they were as a person. In chapter one of Things Fall Apart it talks about Okonkwo’s father, Unoka and how he was failure during his life. In the book it states “A man with titles was placed significantly higher in the social structure of Umuofia than someone who was like Okonkwo’s father,…

reconcile with him. Another rhetorical device is the way in which Paul fabricates a problem or asks a question such that the answer leads towards Paul’s solution. In chapter five itinerant missionaries are causing conflict and disregarding Paul, yet Paul frames the problem not about the other missionaries, but about the deteriorating relationship between him and the church. Furthermore, in Fool’s Speech, Paul transfers the stipulations of the debate by showing his weakness instead of his…

the 7.0 magnitude earthquake (DEC, 2015) that struck in 2010. Understanding both the gravity of and the world’s response to the 2010 earthquake is essential in understanding the destructive relationship that has existed between Protestant medical missionaries and Vodun practitioners. Before exploring the historical and spiritual concepts of healing in Haiti, an overview of the current context of Haiti post-earthquake…

European countries like Portugal sponsored multiple ventures on missionary travel in order to spread Christianity and battle the diffusive properties of Islam. The novel, Things fall apart described how missionaries influenced many in African societies. Religion was used as a tool to spread western ideals like agricultural improvements, education, and trade skills. There were benefits with the acceptance of missionaries as the standard of living was raised, medical practices leaned towards…