Christian warfare in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe : the Salvation Army and African liberation, 1891-1991 /

Christian Warfare in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe takes a hard look at the history of the Salvation Army in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe and its evolving relationship with both the government and the rest of the church. Norman H. Murdoch examines in-depth the parallels between the events of the First Chimurenga, an upris...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murdoch, Norman H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : The Lutterworth Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Christian and cultural warfare in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, 1890-1990
  • The Salvation Army invades Mashonaland, 1891-95
  • The first Chimurenga (1896-97) and the death of Captain Cass
  • Rhodes and Booth : "wholesale salvation," 1901-8
  • Father and son in 1908: "My dear general"
  • "My dear Chief"
  • The Salvation Army and the Rhodesian State, 1908-65
  • Colonial, conciliar, and communist forces collide, 1950s and1960s
  • Paying the piper, calling the tune : a Salvation Army power shift, 1970-78
  • Conciliar movement and the Salvation Army, 1970-78
  • The program to combat racism and the Salvation Army reaction, 1969-78
  • The 1978 deaths at Usher Institute
  • Salvation Army reaction to the Usher Killings, 1978-83
  • African Salvationists react to the Salvation Army's withdrawal from the World Council of Churches, 1981
  • Conclusions.