== Protestant missionaries and economic and societal development ==
== Protestant missionaries and economic and societal development ==
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[[File:Martin Luther by Cranach-restoration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Martin Luther]] in 1529, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder]]
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[[File:Martin Luther by Cranach-restoration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Martin Luther]] in 1529, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder]]
The article ''The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries'' published in ''Christianity Today'' notes:
The article ''The Surprising Discovery About Those Colonialist, Proselytizing Missionaries'' published in ''Christianity Today'' notes:
{{Cquote|In his fifth year of graduate school, Woodberry created a statistical model that could test the connection between missionary work and the health of nations. He and a few research assistants spent two years coding data and refining their methods. They hoped to compute the lasting effect of missionaries, on average, worldwide...
{{Cquote|In his fifth year of graduate school, Woodberry created a statistical model that could test the connection between missionary work and the health of nations. He and a few research assistants spent two years coding data and refining their methods. They hoped to compute the lasting effect of missionaries, on average, worldwide...