Gospel According to the Klan The KKK's Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930

Name: Gospel According to the Klan The KKK's Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930
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ISBN: 9780700617920

ISBN-10: 0700617922

ISBN-13: 9780700617920

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kelly J. Baker

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To many Americans, modern marches by the Ku Klux Klan may seem like a throwback to the past or posturing by bigoted hatemongers. To Kelly Baker, 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 racists attempting to intimidate minorities and argue that the Klan used religion only as a rhetorical device. Baker contends instead that the KKK based its justifications for hatred on a particular brand of Protestantism that resonated with mainstream Americans, one that employed burning crosses and robes to explicitly exclude Jews and Catholics. To show how the Klan used religion to further its…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Publication date: 9/20/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 342
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Introduction "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


Conclusion"Guardians of Privilege": What the Klan Tells Us about American (Religious) History


Afterword "Passing the Torch": The Klan's Brand in America


Notes


Index