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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(Ep. 21)
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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