British colonizers broke treaty pledges and backed Christianity’s conversion drive

Evidence

The new colonizers thereby not only failed to live up to their treaty obligations, but supported foreign proselytizers’ efforts to make the island a bastion of Christianity. These proselytizers vilified Buddhism and Hinduism and were especially critical of Buddhist monks. — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist Ideology, 103

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian conversion in colonial Africa relied on political alliance and coercion, not persuasion — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 449; Missionaries interpreted imperial conquest as divine endorsement of Christianity. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 113

Broader Connections

• Christian conversion in colonial Africa relied on political alliance and coercion, not persuasion #corroborates (0.85) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 449
• Missionaries interpreted imperial conquest as divine endorsement of Christianity. #corroborates (0.80) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 113