The Missionaries: God Against the Indians

The renowned travel writer delivers "a scathing account of how some missionary sects deal with indigenous peoples in their bid for the conquest of souls" (Library Journal).

Acclaimed travel essayist Norman Lewis spent his life traversing the globe and offering thoughtful commentary on the cultures he visited. In The Missionaries, he turns his critical lens on those missionaries who embed themselves in indigenous cultures to convert the locals to Christianity. What begins with the well-mea...