Religion Abroad: The Mission Field

Admittedly one of our more atheist-y episodes, today we offer the second installment of our “Abroad Series”. This show takes a deep-dive, critical look into the phenomenon of missionary work-mostly of the Christian/Evangelical variety. From New York to Brasil, West Africa to Uganda, India to the Caribbean and back, we scrutinize the mission field; its presumptions of good faith and nobility and a religious ideology too easily associated with virtue, cultural diversity and community uplift.

Our story is told in three parts: A personal narrative; a trenchant critique on a missionary ripped from the headlines and a culminating, feature interview with Dr. Adria Armbister. She is a distinguished professional in International Development, hails from a denomination well-known for its reputation abroad and both member and ally of the BSC-DC organization.

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Show Notes    

Host: Rogiérs    

Written by: Rogiérs

Narration: Rogiérs, Drai Salmon

Contributing Writer: Dan Savage for Savage Lovecast

Interviewer: Dr. Adria Armbister 

Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC   

Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC   

Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson   

Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Storyblocks 

Additional Music: "theShedding" (Courtesy of Fibby Music Group, LLC), Stanley and the “12 Sleepless Nights”, “The 1997 Batch”, J Dilla & Vintage Vibez Music Group, “God Great God”, Kurt Karr (Zomba Gospel, LLC)

Resources & Mentions   

Leonard Ostrander, The Clergy Project

“Call Me Kuchu” (Documentary)

“We Had the Land, They had the Bible” (Monique White)

“Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World” (Elle Hardy)

Missionary's harrowing last diary entries before he was killed by Sentinelese tribe (Mirror Magazine)

Ama Ata Aidoo, Afrogoats

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