2025/05/06 by Heather J. Sharkey, Sharkey, Heather
Social Sciences · #FOS: History and archaeology #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
paper · pdf · doi:10.48659/q1pj-0s64
openalex publication_date 2025/05/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/18
Scholars frequently acknowledge the force of political Islam in shaping the Muslim societies of Africa and Asia, but seldom consider the role that Christian activism has played in these societies, particularly in the context o f Western imperialism and globalization. Of central importance here is the history of Christian missionary attempts to convert Muslims in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries - a period when the British, French, and Dutch colonial powers lent their protection to European and American evangelical groups that operated within their overseas empires.