PROFESSOR ANTHONY REDDIE SPEAKING AT GREENBELT 2018
50 years since Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood Speech
As we mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s death I am reminded that 2018 also marks the 50th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘Rivers of Blood Speech’. Powell, speaking at a time when concerns over immigration from Commonwealth countries such as India and Pakistan was causing alarm, became a deeply polarised figure in British public life. For while thousands of trade unionists at the time sent in letters of support for Powell, Edward Heath, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, sacked Powell from the shadow cabinet. On the thirtieth anniversary of the speech in 1998, 64% of a Channel 4 studio audience brought together to discuss the legacy of his speech believed that Powell was not a racist but a courageous nationalist. At the time of writing there is a contentious proposal to mount a blue plaque in Wolverhampton in Enoch Powell’s honour as a former distinguished MP for the city.
50 years since Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood Speech
As we mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King’s death I am reminded that 2018 also marks the 50th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘Rivers of Blood Speech’. Powell, speaking at a time when concerns over immigration from Commonwealth countries such as India and Pakistan was causing alarm, became a deeply polarised figure in British public life. For while thousands of trade unionists at the time sent in letters of support for Powell, Edward Heath, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, sacked Powell from the shadow cabinet. On the thirtieth anniversary of the speech in 1998, 64% of a Channel 4 studio audience brought together to discuss the legacy of his speech believed that Powell was not a racist but a courageous nationalist. At the time of writing there is a contentious proposal to mount a blue plaque in Wolverhampton in Enoch Powell’s honour as a former distinguished MP for the city.
Presentations, Interviews and Commentary
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Video: Is God Colour Blind?
Presentation at St Paul's London - 2017 London Baptist Association Racial Justice Sunday
October 2014 Video: 'Being the Enemy Within: Re-asserting Black Otherness as a Riposte to the Homogeneous Construction of Whiteness'
LTI Conference on Patriotism 2013 |
Podcast: Is God Colour Blind?
Birmingham 2016 Why in our multicultural society is the Church still predominantly led by, and our theology predominantly written by, white men? We head to Birmingham to meet up with one of the UK’s leading black theologians, Anthony Reddie…. The Reformation and Black Liberation
2017 Selma: An Introduction
2015 Interview on Sunday Night with Jon Cleary, Australia, ABC.
Dr. Anthony Reddie, a Yorkshireman -and black. Growing up in a Caribbean family, in the heart of brass band country provided Anthony Reddie with a certain perspective on the world. Today he is one of Britain's leading black theologians. Click here to listen. Christ and Culture - Mother Tongue Theologising - NATSIEC
In 2011, Anthony Reddie was invited to Australia by Graeme Mundine, the head of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission to lead the bi-annual conference for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Christians. Anthony facilitated the Christ and Culture Conference and also did several talks and radio interviews while he was in Australia. MP3s of Anthony's talks are on the NATSIEC website. Click here |