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As missionary movement turns 200, questions for the future
By Tracy Gordon — January 26, 2012

"It's part of the American character to go out and help people," said Clifford Putney, assistant professor of American religious history at Bentley University. "We go (out) saying we have all these great ideas and (people abroad) would be better off following them."

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