Gospel according to the Klan : the KKK's appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930 /
To many Americans, modern marches by the Ku Klux Klan may seem like a throwback to the past or posturing by bigoted hatemongers. To the author, they are a reminder of how deeply the Klan is rooted in American mainstream Protestant culture. Most studies of the KKK dismiss it as an organization of rac...
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Lawrence, Kan. :
University Press of Kansas,
©2011.
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| Series: | Culture America.
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Table of Contents:
- "Let's get behind Old Glory and the church of Jesus Christ": religion, American narratives, and the 1920s Klan
- "Thank God for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan": the Klan's protestantism
- "Take the Christ out of America, and America fails!": the Klan's nationalism
- "God give us men": the Klan's Christian knighthood
- "The sacredness of motherhood": white womanhood, maternity, and marriage in the 1920s Klan
- "White skin will not redeem a black heart": the Klan's whiteness, white supremacy, and American race
- "Rome's reputation is stained with protestant blood": the Klan-Notre Dame Riot of May 1924
- "Guardians of privilege": what the Klan tells us about American (religious) history
- "Passing the torch": the Klan's brand in America.