The 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 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 ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baker, Kelly (Kelly J.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Series:Culture America.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History > 20th century.
Protestantism > United States > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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.

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