Mentioning the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, a seminary, and slavery in the same breath seems incongruous. Nonetheless, within the account of Codrington College, Barbados, the Anglican Communion’s first theological college, we find these three inextricably linked. Using a historical-analytical approach, this paper reveals the troubling missionizing principles which advanced oppressive colonial structures, while failing to fully develop the personhood, agency, and full emancipation of the oppressed. We reassess the ways that particular top-down framings of Christianity and missions were used to enslave/oppress Afro-Barbadians, even under the guise of emancipation. Advocating instead for a framework centering emancipation from below, we outline the ways in which this historical account provides insight for contemporary missional hermeneutics/praxis that seeks to uproot racial and economic inequalities, thus pursuing liberation for all.

同时提到福音传播协会、神学院和奴隶制似乎不协调。尽管如此，在英国圣公会的第一所神学院巴巴多斯科德灵顿学院的描述中，我们发现这三所神学院有着千丝万缕的联系。本文采用历史分析方法，揭示了推进压迫性殖民结构的令人不安的传教原则，同时未能充分发展被压迫者的人格、能动性和充分解放。我们重新评估了基督教和使命的自上而下的特定框架被用来奴役/压迫非洲裔巴巴多斯人的方式，即使是在解放的幌子下。而是提倡一个以自下而上解放为中心的框架，