Missionary conversion relied on state power more than persuasion

Evidence

Samuel M. Zwemer, one of the most famous – and perhaps the most well published – missionaries to Muslims summed up this view: “In India and Malaysia God’s favor has given us an open door to 100,000,000 Mohammedans. Under Queen Wilhelmina, the Christian Queen of Holland and under George V, the Christian Emperor of India, 100,000,000 Mohammedans are enjoying the blessings of Protestant Christian rule.” — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 113 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Missionaries interpreted imperial conquest as divine endorsement of Christianity. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 113; Bantu Philosophy challenged the colonial paternalism underpinning mission methods; Investigation transferred truth-finding authority from God and community to the sovereign state — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 351 (+2 more)

Related

• Missionaries interpreted imperial conquest as divine endorsement of Christianity. (similarity 0.89)
• Colonial empire was read as proof of God’s favor on Christianity (similarity 0.83)
• American missionary institutions reproduced the imperial character of European counterparts (similarity 0.83)
• Sudanese tribes interpreted the expedition within their own religious frameworks (similarity 0.82)
• Missionary conversion relied on alliance with colonial political power rather than persuasion. (similarity 0.82)
• Christian conversion in colonial Africa relied on political alliance and coercion, not persuasion (similarity 0.81)
• British colonizers broke treaty pledges and backed Christianity’s conversion drive (similarity 0.81)
• Contact with the Catholic mission confirmed the Sayyid’s view of Christian colonization (similarity 0.81)
• Christian missionaries in India tended to have the most success among the very groups they alleged Muslims to have converted the lowest ranking castes and most impoverished classes. (similarity 0.81)
• Empire itself was read as proof of God’s favor on Christianity. (similarity 0.79)
• Missionaries converted mostly the castes Muslims supposedly seized (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Missionaries interpreted imperial conquest as divine endorsement of Christianity. #complicates (0.65) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 113
• Bantu Philosophy challenged the colonial paternalism underpinning mission methods #complicates (0.40)