11-01-2006, 02:29 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->And though an atheist himself, Sir Henry Johnston (1858-1927), who was a British colonial administrator, saw the missionary enterprise as essential to colonialism:
As their immediate object is not profit, they can afford to reside at places till they become profitable. They strengthen our hold over the country, they spread the use of the English language, they induct the natives into the best kind of civilization, and in fact each mission station is an essay in colonization (Oliver 1957:297)
World Religions, Western Traditions, 2nd Edition, Edited by Willard G. Oxtoby<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Came across the above when reading my religion textbook.
As their immediate object is not profit, they can afford to reside at places till they become profitable. They strengthen our hold over the country, they spread the use of the English language, they induct the natives into the best kind of civilization, and in fact each mission station is an essay in colonization (Oliver 1957:297)
World Religions, Western Traditions, 2nd Edition, Edited by Willard G. Oxtoby<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Came across the above when reading my religion textbook.