Chapter 20 (607-614)

As education began to rise in the colonial era so did religion. Both became very popular in New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and mostly in non-Muslim Africa. The attractions of Christianity in these places came from not just population and faith but mainly the lowered confidence of military defeat. Many people, especially that of the African culture, needed hope and faith in something so they turned to christianity. Because both religion and education boomed around the same time and places, together they were a great match. While teaching upon subjects of english, math and history, religion was allowed and actually enforced as part of their curriculum. From this, missionaries were able to offer not only religion but European medicine, education, gender roles and culture.