Christian missionary movements
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Christian missionary movements were organized religious efforts, particularly by European and American churches, to spread Christianity worldwide, often intertwined with colonial expansion, education, and cultural transformation.
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Statements (116)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian mission
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religious movement → |
| hasAgent |
Anglican churches
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Baptist churches → Eastern Orthodox churches → Lutheran churches → Methodist churches → Pentecostal churches → Presbyterian churches → Protestant churches → Roman Catholic Church → individual missionaries → mission societies → religious orders → student volunteer movements → |
| hasCharacteristic |
agents of cultural change
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agents of religious conversion → involved in health care provision → involved in humanitarian aid → involved in language standardization → involved in literacy campaigns → often denominationally based → often institutionalized → often linked to Western education → often linked to colonial expansion → often long-term → organized by churches → sometimes associated with Bible societies → sometimes associated with anti-slavery activism → sometimes associated with boarding schools → sometimes associated with creation of written forms of oral languages → sometimes associated with cultural imperialism → sometimes associated with digital evangelism → sometimes associated with education for women → sometimes associated with faith missions → sometimes associated with famine relief → sometimes associated with hospitals → sometimes associated with indigenous empowerment → sometimes associated with leprosaria → sometimes associated with long-term residency → sometimes associated with mission societies → sometimes associated with mission stations → sometimes associated with orphan care → sometimes associated with printing presses → sometimes associated with public health campaigns → sometimes associated with radio evangelism → sometimes associated with rural development → sometimes associated with short-term missions → sometimes associated with social reform → sometimes associated with student missions → sometimes associated with suppression of local religions → sometimes associated with television evangelism → sometimes associated with tent revivals → sometimes associated with translation of local scriptures → sometimes associated with urban missions → sometimes associated with youth missions → sometimes controversial → sometimes ecumenical → sometimes interdenominational → transnational → |
| hasConsequence |
creation of indigenous churches
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cultural change in missionized societies → debates over cultural imperialism → debates over religious freedom → development of written forms of many languages → formation of mission-founded hospitals → formation of mission-founded universities → global spread of Christianity → growth of Christian populations outside Europe → introduction of Western medicine → introduction of Western-style education → translation of the Bible into many languages → |
| hasGeographicScope |
Africa
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Americas → Arctic regions → Asia → Europe → Middle East → Oceania → Pacific Islands → |
| hasMainActivity |
Bible translation
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catechesis → church planting → cultural mediation → education → linguistic research → literature distribution → medical work → preaching → social services → |
| hasMainGoal |
conversion of non-Christians
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establishment of churches → evangelization → spread of Christianity → |
| hasNotableExample |
Africa Inland Mission
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions → China Inland Mission → Church Missionary Society → Franciscan missions → Jesuit missions → London Missionary Society missions → Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate → Moravian missions → Society for the Propagation of the Faith → Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts → Society of Jesus → Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions → Sudan Interior Mission → Wycliffe Bible Translators → |
| hasTemporalScope |
19th century
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20th century → 21st century → early Christian era → early modern period → medieval period → |
| religion |
Christianity
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Referenced by (6)
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Nagasaki trading post
("Christian missions in Japan")
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associatedWith |
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Christian missionary movements
("London Missionary Society missions")
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hasNotableExample |
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Pietism
("Protestant missions movement")
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influenced |
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Age of Imperialism
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influencedBy |
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Boxer Rebellion
("Chinese Christians")
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opponent |
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Boxer Rebellion
("Chinese Christians")
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participant |