This really supports E.P. Thompson's critique of Methodism as "mental masturbation"
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Replying to @HeerJeet @NoahMccormack
Worth remembering that both Thompson's father and grandfather were Methodist missionaries.
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Replying to @BrentSirota @NoahMccormack
At some point I want to write about large # of British leftist who came from missionary families. I think also true of Ben & Perry Anderson
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That would be a great piece. Nearly all of early New Left were children of missionaries or colonials (maybe excepting R Williams & Saville)
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Yeah, it would be a good piece. I'm surprised no one has written it yet!
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