User:Bsgasca/Christianity and colonialism

Background
While I am not completely certified on Christianity history, I would still like to add some of my personal recommended edits to help encourage the growth of this article. After reviewing, I found that the author did an appropriate job of informing both the impactful and deceitful effects of Christianity resulting from colonialism. In addition, both the dates and timelines seem to match up and be as accurate as possible, including creditable sources. Yet, I did find some small potential issues that could help use some reinvasion.

See below for examples and suggestions.

Suggested Edits
Example: #1
 * 1) Tone

"Christianity is targeted by critics of colonialism because the tenets of the religion were used to justify the actions of the colonists."

Suggestion:

"Christianity is commonly associated with the impacts of colonialism due to the religion being a frequent justification among the motives of colonists."

Input:

The word "target" gives off a defensive tone, which can isolate readers to certain pieces of information.

Example: #2

"Christian leaders and Christian doctrines have been accused of justifying and perpetrating violence against Native Americans found in the New World."

Suggestion:

"Christian leaders and Christian doctrines were under suspicion of justifying and perpetrating violence against Native Americans found in the New World."

Input:

Stating "been accused" may sound opposing.

2. Jargon

Example: #1

"... there were some Christian missionaries that went about colonizing the native Africans in unchristian ways there were some missionaries"

Suggestion:

Define the term unchristian or use a different term that can adequate the same meaning. As for example, the term was defined by Cambridge university to be "not showing the qualities expected of a Christian."

3. Additional Context

Example #1

"According to Heather Sharkey, the real impact of the activities of the missionaries is still a topic open to debate in academia today. Sharkey asserted that "the missionaries played manifold roles in colonial Africa and stimulated forms of cultural, political and religious change." Historians still debate the nature of their impact and question their relation to the system of European colonialism in the continent. Sharkey noted that the missionaries provided crucial social services such as modern education and health care that would have otherwise not been available."

Suggestion:

Even though the author implied that the "the missionaries role is still up for debate" I suggest that in addition to the impact of Christianity, the author adds the experience of how Christianity came to become a great influence among African culture and how the following had boosted within that timeline. To reference both potential sides of the impacts of Christianity.

Example #2

"Although the Spanish did not impose their language to the extent they did their religion, some indigenous languages of the Americas evolved into replacing their native tongue with Spanish, and lost to present day tribal members. "

Suggestion:

I do not believe that this statement is necessarily true, and that the Spanish imposed all of their culture onto the natives including being able to speak their language, as a result of their colonization. As for reference, it a big part of the Spanish being able to attend the gold found within the native land and a result from their attained efforts. I believe it would be safe to start the statement as "Due to the Spanish imposing their cultural beliefs onto the natives..."