Christian Missionaries and the State in the Third World

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This volume bears eloquent testimony to the vitality and sophistication of contemporary scholarship on the political significance of Christian missions in nineteenth and twentieth-century Africa. * JOURNAL OF THIRD WORLD STUDIES * This is an important area of study that is still working itself out. The rich, and often fascinating, accounts of the work of Christian missionaries contained in this book make a useful contribution to our understanding of their work and impact. -- D.J. Shaw * DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW * This book covers an enormous geographical range, and a similarly lengthy historical period. -- Paul Gifford * AFRICA * ...it represents a useful quarry and will provoke readers to ask comparative questions. -- Andrew Porter * JOURNAL OF IMPERIAL & COMMONWEALTH HISTORY * ...they draw a telling conclusion: Christian missionary endeavour has been of immense importance in reshaping social and economic life in these states - but the missionary era is far from over. -- Aylward Shorter * THE INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MISSIONARY RESEARCH *