Role of Christian Missionaries

The missionaries regarded Christianity to be a superior religion and wanted to spread it in India through westernisation which, they believed, would destroy the faith of the natives in their own religion and culture. Towards this end, the Christian missionaries

— supported the Radicals whose scientific approach, they believed, would undermine the native culture and beliefs;

— supported the Imperialists since law and order and the British supremacy were essential for their propaganda; and

— sought business and the capitalist support holding out the hope to them that the Christian converts would be better customers of their goods.