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Book 2016

Religion and the Ku Klux Klan

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Publisher
McFarland
Language
English
Published
2016
  • History
  • Language
  • Rhetoric
  • Political aspects
  • Ideology
  • Religious aspects
  • Bible and politics
  • Criticism, interpretation

"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"--