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'Christian Warfare in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe' takes a hard look at the history of the Salvation Army in Rhodesia-Zimbabwe and its long history 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 uprising against European occupation in 1896-97, and the Second Chimurenga in the 1970s, the civil war that led to majority rule. At the time of the first, the Salvation Army was barely established in the country; by the second, it was fully entrenched in the ruling class. Murdoch explores the collaboration of this Christian mission with the institutions of white rule and the painful process of disentanglement necessary by the late twentieth century. Stories of martyrdom and colonial mythology are set in the carefully researched context of ecumenical relations and the Salvation Army's largely unknown and seldom accessible internal politics.

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Author:   Norman H. Murdoch
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint:   Lutterworth Press
Weight:   0.380kg
ISBN:  

9780718894115

ISBN 10:   0718894111
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   30 July 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Illustrations Editorial Note Foreword Preface Acknowledgments (2014) Norman Murdoch as Colleague, Historian and Teacher Norman Murdoch, Historian of The Salvation Army Chapter 1 - Christian and Cultural Warfare in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, 1890-1990 Chapter 2 - The Salvation Army Invades Mashonaland, 1891-95 Chapter 3 - The First Chimurenga (1896-97) and the death of Captain Cass Chapter 4 - Rhodes and Booth: 'Wholesale Salvation', 1901-8 Chapter 5 - Father and Son in 1908: 'My dear General' - 'My dear Chief' Chapter 6 - The Salvation Army and the Rhodesian State, 1908-65 Chapter 7 - Colonial, Conciliar, and Communist Forces Collide,1950s and 1960s Chapter 8 - Paying the Piper, Calling the Tune: A Salvation Army Power Shift, 1970-78 Chapter 9 - Conciliar Movements and The Salvation Army, 1970-78 Chapter 10 - The Program to Combat Racism and the Salvation Army Reaction,1969-78 Chapter 11 - The 1978 Deaths at Usher Institute Chapter 12 - Salvation Army Reaction to the Usher Killings, 1978-83 Chapter 13 - African Salvationists React to the Salvation Army's Withdrawal from the World Council of Churches, 1981 Chapter 14 - Conclusions Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Norman H. Murdoch is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he taught from 1968 until 2005. He is the author of Origins of the Salvation Army (1994) and numerous other books and articles.

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