Missions and missionaries
Hilary M. Carey
Abstract Missions and missionaries have been major players in the history of world empires especially relation to Europe Christianity. This entry provides an account missions from early Christians post‐colonial era. It considers role played by some other religions including Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism. Missionaries ensured that Christianity spread across Middle Ages then New World. Consideration is given symbiotic relationship between empire. Older themes concerned extent which were implicated advance colonialism, acting as surrogates for empire promoting commerce along with mission include women indigenous well educators, linguists, scientists, creators imperial networks. In period, helped transform European into national churches a religion.
The Encyclopedia of Empire