«Christ Was a Jew-Baiter». Religious Beliefs of William Dudley Pelley and Rev. Charles Edward Coughlin as Part of their Political Ideologies Cover Image

«Christ Was a Jew-Baiter». Religious Beliefs of William Dudley Pelley and Rev. Charles Edward Coughlin as Part of their Political Ideologies
«Christ Was a Jew-Baiter». Religious Beliefs of William Dudley Pelley and Rev. Charles Edward Coughlin as Part of their Political Ideologies

Author(s): Nikolay Kuznetsov
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Published by: Timo Schmitz
Keywords: William Dudley Pelley; Charles Edward Coughlin

Summary/Abstract: Radical American ideologies consisted of several parts. In the 1930s in the USA, when the country suffered from the Great Depression, both conservative and radical movements used American Nationalism, Isolationism and Christianity as a base for their political actions. Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., Huey P. Long, Charles E. Coughlin, Henry Ford were the most famous leaders of that kind of movements. Nevertheless, there were other politicians having interesting ideas. One of them was William Dudley Pelley (1885-1965), whose political and religious beliefs were analysed in this article in comparison with beliefs of Rev. Charles E. Coughlin (1891-1979).

  • Issue Year: 1/2017
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 36-43
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English