Missionary Imperialists? Missionaries, Government and the Growth of the British Empire in the Tropics, 1860–1885. By John H. Darch. Studies in Christian History and Thought. Milton Keynes, U.K.: Paternoster, 2009. xxii + 288 pp. $39.99 paper.

摘要

The relationship between British Protestant missionary evangelization and thengrowth of British imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century wasnmultifaceted. This dual interaction between the missionaries and thencomplexity of British imperial aspirations and expansion is surveyed in thisnbook through six case studies. These studies focus primarily on the AnglicannMelanesian Mission and the labor trade, Methodists and the annexation ofnFiji, the London Missionary Society (LMS) and the British Protectorate innPapua, the failed proposal to transfer The Gambia to France, ChurchnMissionary Society (CMS) involvement in Lagos and Yorubaland, and thenrepercussions of slavery in East and Central Africa.