Evangelical Anglicans of the Church Missionary Society constructed a triumphal narrative on the growth of the Ugandan Church circa 1900–1920. This narrative developed from racial theory, the Hamitic hypothesis, and colonial conquest in its admiration of Ugandans. When faced with closing the mission due to its success, the missionaries shifted to scientific racist language to describe Ugandans and protect the mission. Most scholarship on missionaries argues that they eschewed scientific racism due to their commitment to spiritual equality. This episode reveals the complex ways the missionaries wove together racial and theological ideas to justify missions and the particularity of Uganda.
Les Anglicans évangéliques de la Church Missionary Society ont élaboré un récit triomphal sur la croissance de l’ Église d’ Ouganda dans les années 1900–1920. Ce récit s’ est développé à partir d’ une théorie raciste, l’ hypothèse hamitique, et de la conquête coloniale, dont il tire son admiration pour les Ougandais. Confrontés à la fermeture de la mission du fait de son succès, les missionnaires se sont tournés vers le registre du racisme scientifique pour décrire les Ougandais et préserver la mission. La plupart des études sur les missionnaires affirment qu’ ils ont évité le racisme scientifique en raison de leur engagement en faveur de l’ égalité spirituelle des êtres humains. Cet épisode révèle comment les missionnaires ont entremêlé de manière complexe des idées raciales et théologiques pour justifier les missions et la particularité de l’ Ouganda.
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Evangelical Anglicans of the Church Missionary Society constructed a triumphal narrative on the growth of the Ugandan Church circa 1900–1920. This narrative developed from racial theory, the Hamitic hypothesis, and colonial conquest in its admiration of Ugandans. When faced with closing the mission due to its success, the missionaries shifted to scientific racist language to describe Ugandans and protect the mission. Most scholarship on missionaries argues that they eschewed scientific racism due to their commitment to spiritual equality. This episode reveals the complex ways the missionaries wove together racial and theological ideas to justify missions and the particularity of Uganda.
Les Anglicans évangéliques de la Church Missionary Society ont élaboré un récit triomphal sur la croissance de l’ Église d’ Ouganda dans les années 1900–1920. Ce récit s’ est développé à partir d’ une théorie raciste, l’ hypothèse hamitique, et de la conquête coloniale, dont il tire son admiration pour les Ougandais. Confrontés à la fermeture de la mission du fait de son succès, les missionnaires se sont tournés vers le registre du racisme scientifique pour décrire les Ougandais et préserver la mission. La plupart des études sur les missionnaires affirment qu’ ils ont évité le racisme scientifique en raison de leur engagement en faveur de l’ égalité spirituelle des êtres humains. Cet épisode révèle comment les missionnaires ont entremêlé de manière complexe des idées raciales et théologiques pour justifier les missions et la particularité de l’ Ouganda.
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