The Impact of Anti-communism on White Rhodesian Political Culture, ca.1920s–1980

Lowry, Donal

doi:10.1080/14682740701284108

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“…54 Some prominent Rhodesian Front activists, such as Lord Graham, left the party in order to align themselves with the Southern African Solidarity Conference and emphasise the plotting of the UN and, on occasion, a Jewish conspiracy. 55 Others, such as K. Riddell, Pakenham's colleague at the RMI, preferred to focus on Israel's admission to the club of white nations after the Six-Day War.…”

Section: Conspiracies Against Western Civilisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘The rivers of Zimbabwe will run red with blood’: Enoch Powell and the Post-Imperial Nostalgia of the Monday Club

McNeil

2011

Journal of Southern African Studies

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Section: Conspiracies Against Western Civilisationmentioning

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‘The rivers of Zimbabwe will run red with blood’: Enoch Powell and the Post-Imperial Nostalgia of the Monday Club

McNeil

2011

Journal of Southern African Studies

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“…We are reflecting on him because his character is unparalleled in religion and in politics, he polarised racism, liberalised the economy and made the church ecumenical. This personality is probably a product of the type of faith he had received, the Restoration Theology (Casey 2007;Lowry 2007aLowry , 2007b). That's why A.S.…”

Section: Todd's Conception Of Colonialismmentioning

confidence: 99%

The legacy of Sir Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd in Zimbabwean public life history

Masengwe

Dube

2021

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

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This article investigates the contribution of white liberal politics of an ex-missionary New Zealander, Sir Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd (from 1953 to 1958), on the development of Southern Rhodesia towards becoming an independent state. It outlines the contribution he made towards the progress of black Zimbabweans in a number of spheres. It arouses interest in contemporary Zimbabwean religious and political discourses. Todd held a hybridity of roles in transitional politics from the blunting settler racism to the sharpening of African capability on multi-racial democracy important for our debate on the decolonisation of southern Africa. He was a rhetorically gifted radical paternalist who adopted reformist policies to advance both the African cause and his prophetic vocation. He suggested technocratic solutions that could reorganise and diversify political and economic options.Contribution: This study uses critical discourse analysis (CDA) on the wider literature on Todd’s biography and African policies in view of his Christian vocation towards changing conditions of socio-economic, political-religious and technological-technocratic solutions to contemporary African independence. He was a man of his times living and working in an increasingly problematic context guided by the Christian principles in which he was reared. He is the ‘father of faith’ in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (COCZ), and leaves us pedagogical lessons on human security, gender equality, church governance and human well-being that require review within the contemporary Christian fraternity.

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“…However, the Cold War and an influx of immigrants from the Indian subcontinent turned most Rhodesians against the Left. 45 In Southern Rhodesia, white Christian leaders tacitly backed minority rule and initially the WCC made few inroads. Many missionaries were school teachers and the government paid most superintendents.…”

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A Militant Crusade In Africa: The Great Commission And Segregation

Jordan¹

2014

Church Hist

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During the Cold War and in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Calvinist and political fundamentalists of North America opposed the integration of American society and the extension of civil rights to African-Americans. Both were viewed as contrary to God's plan for humankind and omens for the end times. At the same time, these militant clerics spread reformed theology and eschatology to non-white societies across the globe. An important missionary field was Africa, where American and British racial mores influenced the cultural and political struggle. western, capitalistic and democratic principles, white minority-rule, and British imperialism faced African nationalism and communist aid to independence movements. Accordingly, the contrast between militant theology and liberal, modernist Protestantism was interjected into the conflict. Two American crusaders, Carl McIntire and Billy James Hargis, made Africa an important battleground to defend segregation and western influence. Both pursued individual ministries and had differing theological agendas towards race. The International Council of Christian Churches, an organization that McIntire led, spread God's word to black Africans, while Hargis' Christian Crusade Against Communism worked with Rhodesia's white minority government. Their efforts provide insight into the militant theological and political crusade in North America and how they projected their Calvinist ideals into the international arena and into Africa.

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The Impact of Anti-communism on White Rhodesian Political Culture, ca.1920s–1980

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

‘The rivers of Zimbabwe will run red with blood’: Enoch Powell and the Post-Imperial Nostalgia of the Monday Club

‘The rivers of Zimbabwe will run red with blood’: Enoch Powell and the Post-Imperial Nostalgia of the Monday Club

The legacy of Sir Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd in Zimbabwean public life history

A Militant Crusade In Africa: The Great Commission And Segregation

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