tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311799.post3285552910577537973..comments2024-03-03T17:02:10.067-05:00Comments on Notes from a Byzantine-Rite Calvinist: The cultural influence of missionariesDavid Koyzishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09994743332307454241noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5311799.post-23736438390489574432020-11-23T10:22:16.859-05:002020-11-23T10:22:16.859-05:00This is an issue dear to my heart as my husband Da...This is an issue dear to my heart as my husband Dave and I served as missionaries in West Africa for 24 years. Another article on the topic from my files is from the Sept-Oct issue of Books & Culture by David A Hoekema, philosophy prof at Calvin, called "Missions and Modernity in Colonial Africa." He references and interprets a book by Nigerian American philosopher Olufemi Taiwo, "How Colonialism Preempted Modernity in Africa." Unfortunately, I could not find in my files an article I saved years ago written by a professed atheist British journalist who spent a lot of time in Africa. While there, he observed that the Africans with the most "agency" were the Christians and he had a positive impression of Christianity from them although he remained an atheist. Joyce Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084795582105532276noreply@blogger.com