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Postcolonial Faith: Grappling with the Legacy of Missionaries in my Family

April 4, 2022 By Kai (Sarah) Ngu 1 Comment

Kai (Sarah) Ngu considers the legacy of their family's relationship with an American missionary and how Christianity contributes to their parents' ongoing feelings of racial inferiority.

Wait for God to Notice

May 17, 2021 By Michael N. McGregor 1 Comment

The dangers of a missionary childhood in Uganda ran from snakes, ants, and monkeys to the forces of Idi Amin, all captured in rich prose through her memories and her mother's letters in this memoir by Sari Fordham.

Reid Locklin on Hindu Missionaries

June 1, 2018 By Susan Sink Leave a Comment

In our final interview with 2017-18 Resident Scholars, Reid Locklin discusses his research on Hindu missionary movements.

Dangerous Territory

January 26, 2017 By Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew 1 Comment

In her spiritual memoir, Amy Peterson describes the "dangerous territory" she finds herself in after a disastrous experience doing missionary work overseas.

Running to the Fire

September 10, 2015 By Elisabeth Kvernen Leave a Comment

Tim Bascom chooses to trust that his family, and the missions community in which he was raised, can suffer his doubts—and with this trust, he honors them.

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