Cross-listed with RELS319P. Credit only granted for HIST339I or RELS319P.

Protestant missionary activity from the seventeenth century onwards in aglobal perspective. We will investigate the relations between missionaryactivity, imperialism, and the "civilizing project" of the West with particular reference to British missionary organizations. The real and perceived risks and difficulties faced by missionaries, from dying of malaria to being eaten by cannibals, will be discussed to understand the ethos that has animated the Protestant missionary commitment over the centuries.