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| Author | Alma Bridwell White |
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| Illustrator | Branford Clarke |
| Subject | Anti-Catholicism, antisemitism, nativism and white supremacy |
| Publisher | Pillar of Fire Church |
Publication date | 1925 |
| Pages | 144 |
| Preceded by | The Story of My Life, volume 1 (1919) |
| Followed by | Klansmen: Guardians of Liberty (1926) |
The unrepentant Hebrew is everywhere among us today as the strong ally of Roman Catholicism. ... To think of our Hebrew friends with their millions in gold and silver aiding the Pope in his aspirations for world supremacy, is almost beyond the grasp of ... The Jews in New York City openly boast that they have the money and Rome the power, and that if they decide to rule the city and state ... It is within the rights of civilization for the white race to hold the supremacy; and it is no injustice to the colored man. The white men of this country poured out their blood to liberate the colored people from the chains of slavery, and the sacrifice should be appreciated. ...
—Alma Bridwell White in The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy in 1926 [1]
The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy is a 144-page book written by Bishop Alma Bridwell White in 1925 and illustrated by Reverend Branford Clarke.[2][3] In the book she uses scripture to rationalize that the Ku Klux Klan is sanctioned by God "through divine illumination and prophetic vision".[4][5] She also believed that the Apostles and the Good Samaritan were members of the Klan.[6] The book was published by the Pillar of Fire Church, which she founded, at their press in Zarephath, New Jersey. The book sold over 45,000 copies.[1][3]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
prophecywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Lynn S. Neal (June 1, 2009). "Christianizing the Klan: Alma White, Branford Clarke, and the Art of Religious Intolerance". Church History. 78 (2). American Society of Church History: 350–378. doi:10.1017/S0009640709000523. S2CID 162426152.
White's words and Clarke's imagery combined in various ways to create a persuasive and powerful message of religious intolerance. ...
- ^ a b Charles Wright Ferguson (1929). The New Books of Revelations: The Inside Story of America's Astounding Religious Cults. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 1-4179-7955-0.
Bishop Alma White of the Pillar of Fire Church in New Jersey has been good enough to trace out these references for us and has embodied the result of her seasoned findings in a book called The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy. ...
[permanent dead link] - ^ Donald Charles Yelton (1978). Brief American lives: four studies in collective biography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1114-6.
There one learns that the treatise published in 1925 (The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy) in which Bishop White established the godly origins of the Klan, ...
- ^ Lina Mainiero (1980). American Women Writers. Ungar. ISBN 9780804431514.
In The Ku Klux Klan in Prophecy (1925), she "proves" by means of scripture that the Klan is sanctioned by God. She claims "through divine illumination and prophetic vision ...
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
daybookwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).