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Understanding Missionary Influence Across Cultures

This quiz tests knowledge on the historical and cultural contexts of missionary activities across various religions including Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, with a focus on notable figures and historical movements.

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1 In the earlier stages of the ________, a Turkic form of Shamanism was still widely practiced in Anatolia, which soon started to give in to the mysticism offered by Sufism.

2 The teachings of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, who migrated from Khorasan to ________, are good examples to the mystical aspect of Sufism.

3 In recent times, members of the American Reform movement began a program to convert to ________ the non-Jewish spouses of its intermarried members and non-Jews who have an interest in Judaism.

4 The spread of Islam towards Central and ________ has been prominent but slow, until the early 19th century.

5 Despite some inter-Testamental Jewish missionary activity, contemporary ________ states clearly that missionary activities are not a priority.

6 The New Testament missionary outreach of the Christian church from the time of St Paul was extensive throughout the ________.

7 While some of these missions were associated with imperialism and oppression, others (notably Matteo Ricci's ________ mission to China) were relatively peaceful and focused on integration rather than cultural imperialism.

8 Their rationale is that so many Jews were lost during ________ that newcomers must be sought out and welcomed.

9 With the coming about of the tradition of ________, Islamic missionary activities have increased considerably.

10 Conversion to Islam in prisons,[10] and in large ________[11] has also contributed to its growth over the years.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 1669, the Jesuit missionary and astronomer Ferdinand Verbiest (pictured) persuaded the Kangxi Emperor to remove a month from the Chinese calendar.
  • in 1820, the missionary William Jowett bought the 9,539-page manuscript of Abu Rumi's first-ever translation of the Bible into Amharic "on terms which appeared... equitable to all parties".
  • Emperor Gia Long united Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty after French missionary Pigneau de Behaine, whom he met in a forest while fleeing the Tay Son dynasty, sought French military assistance.
  • Reverend William Mitchell was an Anglican missionary, and the first ordained person to provide Christian religious services in the Swan Valley area of the Swan River Colony in Australia.
  • Reuben Gaylord, the recognized leader of missionary pioneers in Omaha City, Nebraska Territory, has been called the "father of Congregationalism in Nebraska".
  • in 1843 the German missionary Hermann Mögling published the first ever newspaper in the Kannada language.
  • in the Sino-French War, Presbyterian missionary George Mackay refused to leave during the French bombardment of Tamsui (sketch pictured) because he could not take his Formosan converts with him.
  • the first missionary house in South-West Africa, today's Namibia, was erected in Warmbad in 1806.
  • the first medical missions in China began in part because the missionary Robert Morrison wanted to discover whether the Chinese pharmacopoeia could cure disease in the West.
  • the Vardy Community School in Hancock County, Tennessee, was started by missionaries to educate children who were barred from public schools because they were Melungeons.
  • the Reverend Dr. James Blair of Scotland was a clergyman and missionary to the Virginia Colony, and is best known as the founder in 1693 of the College of William and Mary, where he served as President for 50 years.
  • the missionary and explorer David Livingstone named Cape Maclear, Malawi (pictured) after his friend, astronomer Thomas Maclear.
  • Peter Parker, the first Protestant medical missionary to China, introduced Western anesthesia in the form of sulphuric ether in 1835.
  • Karl Graul, former director of Leipzig Lutheran mission and a Tamil scholar, believed that Christian missionaries in India should not interfere with the local traditions including the caste system.
  • Ann Hasseltine Judson was the first Protestant to translate a scripture into Siamese, and legitimized the missionary calling for Christian women.
  • Betsey Stockton, the first unmarried female foreign missionary, was a manumitted slave who established schools in Hawaii and Canada.
  • Texas clergyman Harold Reeves was the first missionary dispatched to Thailand by the Southern Baptist Convention.
  • Scottish missionary Carstairs Douglas compiled the first comprehensive Amoy-English Dictionary in 1873, which, with revisions, is still in use today.
  • missionary Roger Youderian almost returned to the United States one month before he was killed in Operation Auca.
  • Bishop Hannington Memorial Church in Hove, England, is dedicated to a missionary killed in Uganda on King Mwanga II's orders.
  • Cecil Hobbs began his interest in Southeast Asian history after his career as a missionary in Burma was ended in 1942 by the Japanese invasion.
  • John Duncan, a Scottish Presbyterian theologian and missionary, was affectionately known as "Rabbi", due to his knowledge of Hebrew and his passion for the Jewish people.
  • John Campanius, an early Lutheran missionary to Delaware, transliterated the Lenape language and created one of the first documents to be written in a Native American language.
  • Johann Phillip Fabricius, a German Christian missionary, completed the first translation of the Bible to Tamil.
  • jewellery in the Pacific changed drastically when missionaries began converting many Pacific nations to Christianity.
  • Colorado state representative Spencer Swalm spent time as a Christian missionary in Bolivia.
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