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| | missionary position: Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, The College Literature - Find Articles |
 | | Ironic how almost a century after Leopold, deceptive and destructive "missionary" rhetoric persists and prevents human rights.1 In the United States, the rhetoric appears in a variety of groups from the Promise Keepers to the Kansas Board of Education, but the message is always one of righteous coercion. |
 | | Although locales shift and the specific religious affiliation, age and race of the missionary change, one recurring theme crosses culture and class lines: the men all see themselves as carriers of the "Word," superior to the populations they aim to convert. |
 | | The effects of Nathan's missionary position on his wife, Orleanna, his four daughters, and the Congolese become clear as Kingsolver parallels Nathan's behaviors to imperialist actions in the Congo. |
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