Afrikaner domination was framed as divine calling and destiny, not rationalized self-interest

Evidence

The Broederbond came to be identified with the messianic spirit of Afrikaner national fulfillment, its inevitable destiny, its calling. In the words of one well-placed commentator, General Secretary I. M. Lombard (and quoted by Dan O’Meara), “The Afrikaner Broederbond is born from a deep conviction that the Afrikaner nation has been planted [in South Africa] by God’s hand and is destined to remain here as a nation with its own character and its own mission.” Afrikaner rule was at once calling and destiny, endowed by nature and yet to be brought about, to be realized. Afrikaners are chosen by God, set to rule though his irresistible grace and guiding wisdom. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1536

Categorization

• XREF: The divine-calling legitimation of Afrikaner rule parallels threatened-privilege mobilization frames (white/evangelical) elsewhere in this book and the reader’s wider race/threat research. — connects to: Apartheid ideology framed Afrikaner rule as divine calling and destiny — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1536; Apartheid needed little rationalization because it rested on divine mandate; Apartheid’s racial order rested on direct theological self-legitimation, not post-hoc rationalization. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1538

Broader Connections

• Apartheid ideology framed Afrikaner rule as divine calling and destiny #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1536
• Apartheid’s racial order rested on direct theological self-legitimation, not post-hoc rationalization. #corroborates (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1538
• Apartheid needed little rationalization because it rested on divine mandate #expands (0.85)