Protestantism rassismis öigustajana Ameerika ühendriikide, Löuna-Aafrika vabariigi ja Austraalia Näitel
Protestant Legitimisation of Racism in the History of the United States, Southern Africa and Australia

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the Protestant legitimisation of racist policies by White Anglo-Saxon Protestant settlers over the indigenous tribes in Southern Africa and Australia, and forcefully immigrated and enslaved Blacks in the United States. The cases of racist regimes are related to denominations of Protestantism – in South Africa primarily to the Dutch Reformed Church, in Australia predominantly to the Anglican Church, in the United States to various Protestant denominations. The last section of the paper argues that although every interpretation of the Bible is dependent on the social position of the interpreter, the Bible itself gives more material for those who seek justifications for slavery than for racial equality or racial segregation. For contemporary Protestants, racial equality has become a self-evident article of belief largely irrespective of the literal content of the Holy Scriptures.

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