Date of Award
2003
Degree Name
Sociology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Lynda Ann Ewen
Second Advisor
Kenneth Ambrose
Third Advisor
Richard Garnett
Abstract
Missionary work over the course of one hundred years has changed the face of Liberia as a country. The work has affected the culture, economic structure, ethnic relationships within the country and surrounding areas and the political climate. The missionary movement into Africa did not start until the early eighteen hundreds.
In my thesis, I will focus on the ways the major stakeholders socially constructed the issues involved. I will focus on the ways in which the ideologies of racism in this period reflected American perceptions of the “dark continent.” This analysis will include the social constructions of church leaders, government officials, and spokespersons for the “Back to Africa Movement.” I will argue that the church was responding to the political ideologies of the period, rather than to an intrinsic religious perspective.
Subject(s)
Methodist Church - Missions - Liberia.
Recommended Citation
Green, Sharletta Michelle, "Final Frontier: The Methodist Church Involvement with the Recolonization of Blacks to Liberia" (2003). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 612.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/612
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Inequality and Stratification Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, Place and Environment Commons, Service Learning Commons, Work, Economy and Organizations Commons
