Research Catalog

Title

Religion and the Ku Klux Klan : biblical appropriation in their literature and songs / Juan O. Sánchez.

Author

Sanchez, Juan O., 1953-

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

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Description

v, 210 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"As with other terrorist and extremist organizations, religion forms the basis of the Ku Klux Klan's dogmatic philosophy, providing justification for its beliefs and actions. Covering nearly a century of Klan ideology, this book examines the group's religious rhetoric in their literature and songs, from its heyday during the 1920s to 2014"--

Subject

• Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History
• Bible > History
• Rhetoric > History. > United States
• Ideology > United States > History
• Bible and politics > United States > History
• Christianity and politics > United States > History
• Politics and literature > United States > History
• Songs > History. > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Section I. The Klan, 1920/1930 -- Words and phrases -- The Ku Klux Klan and God -- The Ku Klux Klan and Christ -- The Ku Klux Klan and the Bible -- Poetry and song -- Section II. Beyond 1930 -- Klan rhetoric -- God's divine providence -- Christ, eternal emperor of the World Wide Invisible Empire -- Refining the interpretation of the Bible -- Summary: Thoughts and connections -- Appendix A: Doctrinal statement of beliefs -- Appendix B: The seven sacred symbols of the Klan.

ISBN

• 9781476664859
• 1476664854

LCCN

^^2016012035

OCLC

933590610

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library