''Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism'' is a book by

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scholar

Mattias Gardell Hans Bertil Mattias Gardell (born 10 August 1959) is a Swedish historian and scholar of comparative religion. He is the current holder of the Nathan Söderblom Chair of Comparative Religion at Uppsala University, Sweden. He was the first Leni ...

discussing

neopaganism Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a term for a religion or family of religions influenced by the various Paganism, historical pre-Christian beliefs of pre-modern peoples in Europe and adjacent areas of No ...

(in particular Germanic) and

white separatism White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other Race (human classification), races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any Power (social and polit ...

neo-fascism Neo-fascism is a post-World War II far-right ideology that includes significant elements of fascism. Neo-fascism usually includes ultranationalism, racial supremacy, populism, authoritarianism, nativism, xenophobia, and anti-immigration sen ...

, and

antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

. It was published by

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in June 2003.

Reception

Amos Yong grouped the book with recent scholarship by

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and Jeffrey Kaplan. With its more narrow focus on the pagan white separatist landscape, Yong described it as "a well-written report and analysis of this phenomenon". Stefanie von Schnurbein wrote that the combination of racialist ideology and neopaganism had been "sadly understudied" by scholars, and that "''Gods of the Blood'' is an important and innovative contribution to filling this void". ''

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'' wrote that "although Gardell's academic tone and sometimes torturous prose make for slow reading, his well-researched book offers never-before-seen glimpses of the visions and goals of racist pagans".

Book information

*Hardcover and Paperback: 456 pages *Publisher: Duke University Press (June 2003) *Language: English *Hardcover: , *Paperback: ,

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2003 non-fiction books Antisemitism in the United States Books about Germanic neopaganism Neo-fascism Modern paganism in the United States White separatism 2000s in modern paganism {{neopaganism-stub

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