Christian Nationalism and Anticommunism in Twentieth-Century South Africa

This book investigates Afrikaner anticommunism in South Africa in the twentieth century, focusing on the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC).

Autorentext

Ruhan Fourie is a postdoctoral fellow at the International Studies Group of the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Establishing anticommunism: The DRC's casting of socialism as the opponent of the volk, 1910-1939 2. The DRC, Antikom, and the rise of Afrikaner power, c. 1940-1959 3. Testing the anticommunist consensus: Antikom and the challenge of the far-right, 1960s 4. Mission Red: Decolonisation, missions, and the demise of Antikom, 1960s-1980s 5. Anticommunism and the end of apartheid: The not-so-grand finale of the DRC's battle against communism, 1986-1994 Conclusion Epilogue