This thesis examines four tracts authored by three Christian Identity rhetors. The study argues that these rhetors employ elements of the narrative paradigm to spread their own brand of hate-based theology.
This study employs a method of narrative criticism as outlined by Foss ( 1996) in examining Howard B. Rand's \"Who Crucified Jesus?\" and \"The Verdict of Time\"; Wesley A. Swift's \"Who Crucified Christ?\"; and Sheldon Emry's \"Who Killed Christ?\" Howard B. Rand was the leader of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America during the 1930s, an organization which was the forerunner of the contemporary Christian Identity movement. Wesley A. Swift was a major leader of Christian Identity during the late 1940s through the 1960s.
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