Aid Workers or Evangelists, Charity or Conspiracy: Framing of Missionary Activity as a Function of International Political Alliances

Authors

David N. DixonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Abstract

In 2001, Christian aid workers were arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan on charges of proselytizing. A year later, Baptist hospital workers were gunned down in Yemen. In one case, the country was an enemy of the United States; in the other, the country was an ally. The way in which the proselytizing and the national government was portrayed changed from one set of news coverage to the other, suggesting that political interests, not religious ones, drive this coverage.

Comments

Dixon, D. N. (2005). Aid workers or evangelists, charity or conspiracy: Framing of missionary activity as a function of international political alliances. Journal of Media and Religion, 4(1), 13–25. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15328415jmr0401_2

Recommended Citation

Dixon, David N., "Aid Workers or Evangelists, Charity or Conspiracy: Framing of Missionary Activity as a Function of International Political Alliances" (2005). Communication Educator Scholarship. 2.
https://mosaic.messiah.edu/com_ed/2