Contents

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

“Let’s Get behind Old Glory and the Church of Jesus Christ”:
Religion, American Narratives, and the 1920s Klan

CHAPTER ONE

“Thank God for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan”:
The Klan’s Protestantism

CHAPTER TWO

“Take the Christ out of America, and America Fails!”:
The Klan’s Nationalism

CHAPTER THREE

“God Give Us Men”:
The Klan’s Christian Knighthood

CHAPTER FOUR

“The Sacredness of Motherhood”:
White Womanhood, Maternity, and Marriage in the 1920s Klan

CHAPTER FIVE

“White Skin Will Not Redeem a Black Heart”:
The Klan’s Whiteness, White Supremacy, and American Race

CHAPTER SIX

“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

Bibliography

Index