Disturbing Ancestors and Harming the Land: How Christian Missionaries andThe process of burning lime was demanding in terms of labour and natural resources. First, stones needed to be quarried. Then, it was necessary to cut down treeGreenfieldLiebst, Michelle...
Christian Missionaries and Education in Former African Colonies: How Competition Mattered. Journal of African Economies 19 (3), 294-329.Gallego, Francisco A. and Robert D. Woodberry (2010) "Christian Missionaries and Education in Former African Colonies: How Competition Mattered," Journal of African...
The history of the British empire in India is controversial with many views on all sides. 大英帝国在印度的历史充满争议,各方观点各异。 Bishop Jeremiah thinks that some of the empire's missionaries were noble, meaning admirable or morally good. 耶利米主教认为,帝国的一些传教士是高尚的,意味着令人...
Doubtless many have received the Holy Spirit the moment of their surrender to God before there was time to pray, but how many there are who know that their first definite baptism with the Holy Spirit came while they were on their knees or faces before God, alone or in company with others...
There were martyrs, thieves, illiterate people and devoted missionaries, people who dropped out of faith and morals and people who stood for their Orthodox faith until the very end – through almost 400 years of the history of the Chinese Orthodox church. ...
In addition, some material forms were used and refused by the missionaries at the same time. For example, for one missionary, Lars Larsen, it was important to have a bench on the station in case another white person stopped by – the bench was a marker of a “civilized,” Christian spac...
My parents came from India. They were Christian missionaries. I grew up in an all white Roman Catholic school and neighborhood. I was very much the outsider there, but the boxing gym was the one place that never judged me. There were so many components to the sport that really shaped me...
In 2007, five religious congregations – the Daughters of Charity, the Presentation Sisters, the Mercy Sisters, the Sisters of the Christian Retreat and the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart – entered into a new joint trusteeship named Ceist. ...
In many parts of the Western world, people view Voodoo with suspicion. Some people believe it is outright evil or that it encourages worship of the devil. In some countries, missionaries make a deliberate effort to convert people from Voodoo practice to Christianity. There are a number of reas...
In the late 1700s, the Hawaiian chiefs engaged in a conflict for power and control over the lands and the people. Finally, in 1810, the battles ended after King Kamehameha the Great established his dynasty under the House of Kamehameha. As Christian settlers and missionaries came to Hawaii, ...