"How did missionaries contribute to the spread of Western Empires in the Nineteenth Century?"
I'm a 2nd year Uni student and am struggling slightly with this question. I'm using Africa as a case study, but am lacking content to make up my main arguments.
I've selected Britain, France and Germany as sub- case studies, to focus on the efforts of missionaries from these countries within Africa.
Any pointers, contributions or sources would be greatly appreciated.
When you search, try looking by church denomination instead of country--Anglican, Methodist, Lutheran, Catholic, etc. I also found "religion empire africa" a productive search of my own school's library catalog, although there were some Roman Empire results to skip over.
It's often helpful to find a very recent book related to your topic, and comb its bibliography for more sources.
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