British Israelism
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Revision as of 18:24, 3 March 2009
British Israelism is a variant of fundamentalist Christian theology based in pseudoarcheology. In general it claims the lost tribes of Israel migrated to the British Isles and were the ancestors of today's Anglo-Saxon English people. It was a popular theory in the 19th century. Today it is mainly found in small sectarian groups like the Worldwide Church of God (founded by Herbert W. Armstrong and Garner Ted Armstrong) and its offshoots; the late Los Angeles radio evangelist and cigar afficianado Gene Scott; and obscure writer E. Raymond Capt who combines British Israelism with pyramid woo and astrology to come up with some unreadably dense books that you can't make heads or tails of.
While most British Israelists are merely eccentric and not particularly racist, the exception is Christian Identity which is a specifically white supremacist variant of British Israelism popularized among the Ku Klux Klan and related groups during the late 20th century.
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