Do you think of missionaries of old as “somber-garbed, psalm-singing, nasal-voiced, narrow-minded proselytizers?” If so, you’d be as wrong as I was.
Category: Religion
Murders in Canadian Mosque 2017 and Ottoman Church 1915
Are the anti-Christian sentiments and violence in 1915 being repeated in reverse in 2017? Do you think it’s impossible for genocide to happen in North America?
Highly Educated American & Canadian Missionaries
ABCFM missionaries were very well educated, some with two or three university or college degrees. Check it out: 177 people, 68 institutions, 239 degrees.
Single Ladies: What Becoming Foreign Missionaries Did For Them
For many young, college-educated, single American and Canadian ladies circa 1900, the choice between remaining home or thrilling international work was no choice at all.
Christmas in Aintab with Running Commentary
While he’s no Dylan Thomas, a visiting ABCFM secretary gives us a glimpse into a 1910 Christmas at a mission station. And I add my two cents, too.
Boycott: 1914 Anti-Christian Ottoman vs. 2016 Anti-Muslim American
What are the consequences of a boycott against products based on religion? Is it a positive protest or can it lead to something more sinister?
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