FROM HYPER-IMPERIALIST TO SUPER-AFRIKANER: THE DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN A WHITE THEOLOGY
The British Israel Movement, or Identity Movement as it is called in America, believes that the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic peoples of Europe are the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. They are therefore the People of the Covenant through whom God promised to bless the earth. The throne of England...
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| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
1992
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Journal for the study of religion
Year: 1992, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 47-63 |
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| Summary: | The British Israel Movement, or Identity Movement as it is called in America, believes that the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic peoples of Europe are the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. They are therefore the People of the Covenant through whom God promised to bless the earth. The throne of England is directly linked to the throne of David. When Jesus returns, the queen or her descendant will hand over the Throne to Jesus. There is therefore a direct link between the British Empire or the British Commonwealth of Nations and the Kingdom of God. This very British movement came to South Africa in the early 1920s and had a strong following amongst the English South Africans. Since the 1960s with the process of decolonisation and South Africa leaving the Commonwealth, the movement has lost most of its support amongst the English speaking South Africans, but it suddenly gained support amongst the Afrikaans speaking group. The movement which used to be a hyper-imperialist movement became a super-Afrikaans movement with its members openly designating themselves as belonging to the political rightwing. This article studies the reasons for this change in support. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
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