"The author argues that a cadre of Southern theologians rejected the liberal heritage of the United States and redefined the relationship between the individual and state. Southern clerical fascists reconceived of an alternative modernity that reflected God’s precepts. Slaves, laborers, and slave masters all had a mandate to guide secular and spiritual progress."

Roel Reyes, S. (2021). ‘Christian Patriots’: The Intersection Between Proto-fascism and Clerical Fascism in the Antebellum South. International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity 9, 1-4, 82-110, Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/22130624-00219121 [Accessed 10 March 2024] #OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #USA #US #America #UnitedStates #Fascism #Christianity #Religion #Theology #Culture #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons