Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Christianity in South Africa
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1997) 278-285
Schlagwort(e):
Jews History
;
Antisemitism
;
Christianity and other religions Judaism
Kurzfassung:
After Jewish settlement in South Africa began in the early 19th century, relations between the Jews and the Dutch and British colonists went through various phases. The good relations prevailing before 1890 changed with the rise of antisemitism, when Jews from Eastern Europe appeared in the South African states. It rose even more in the 1920s-40s, when antisemitism became an influential component of Afrikaner nationalism. After World War II, the "Jewish question" receded from the public agenda, ousted by the mounting Black-White racial problem. Now, growing anti-Zionism and the Third World "Weltanschauung" of the non-White population threatens Jewish relations with other South Africans. Throughout the two centuries, Protestantism, especially the Dutch Reformed Church, has determined the popular stance toward Jews to a great extent. Although it is always hoping (and sometimes trying) to convert Jews, and it insists that South Africa is a Christian country, the Church has supported the Jews many times and raised its voice against antisemitism.
Anmerkung:
In the 19th-20th centuries.
URL:
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