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Kinism is the belief that the divinely ordained social order is tribal and familial as opposed to imperial and propositional. The term is often used to refer to a "movement of
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, ' Southern heritage' separatists who splintered off from
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to advocate that God's intended order is 'loving one's own kind' by separating people along 'tribal and ethnic' lines to live in large, extended-family groups."


History and ideology

The Kinist
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emerged in either the 1990s or the early 2000s. Some kinists were associated with the Neo-Confederate
League of the South The League of the South (LS) is an American White nationalism, white nationalist, Neo-Confederates, neo-Confederate, White supremacy, white supremacist organization that says its goal is "a free and independent Southern republic". Headquarte ...
; one of its members stated that "The non-white immigration invasion is the 'Final Solution' to the 'white' problem of the South, White race genocide. We believe the Kinism statement proposes a biblical solution for all races. If whites die out, the South will no longer exist."


Doctrinal Beliefs

Kinists claim that the Bible prohibits
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. The Anti-Defamation League notes that "Despite having an explicit, racially centric set of beliefs, Kinists often deny the claim that they are racists." The movement is loosely organized and as a result, it does not have a single leader; as of 2003, there were various kinist activists in the United States, many of them had an
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presence which consisted of
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s and
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s. Kinists are different from adherents of other white nationalist religions, such as
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, Wotansvolk and
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: "What sets Kinists apart from many other white supremacist groups is their adherence to a biblical form of Christianity whose core belief is
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through
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. Many other white supremacist groups completely reject Christianity or, when they do practice Christianity, they adhere to a form of the
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which only recognizes
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as capable of receiving salvation."


Influential Works

Joel LeFevre, successor to Samuel T. Francis as editor of ''The Citizens Informer'', the publication of the
white nationalist White nationalism is a type of racial nationalism or pan-nationalism which espouses the belief that white people are a Race (human categorization), raceHeidi Beirich and Kevin Hicks. "Chapter 7: White nationalism in America". In Perry, Barbara ...
Council of Conservative Citizens The Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC or CCC) is an American white supremacist organization. Founded in 1985, it advocates white nationalism, and supports some paleoconservative causes. In the organization's statement of principles, it st ...
, endorsed kinism and said " ry simply, without some level of
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, no
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… can permanently exist at all." Kinists often cite Robert Lewis Dabney and Rousas John Rushdoony. Rushdoony's son, Mark Rushdoony, argues this is a misinterpretation of his father's beliefs, who engaged in direct ministry with minorities and wed interracial couples — neither consistent with Kinist
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beliefs.


Criticisms

The
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has called kinism "a new strain of racial separatism that wants America to be broken up into racial mini-states." In 2019, a synod of the
Christian Reformed Church in North America The Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA or CRC) is a Protestant Calvinist Christian denomination in the United States and Canada. Having roots in the Dutch Reformed Church of the Netherlands, the Christian Reformed Church was found ...
formally condemned kinism and declared it a
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. This was in response to a kinist pastor who has since then left the denomination.


See also


References

{{Christian reconstructionism Christian reconstructionism Paleoconservatism White separatism Far-right politics and Christianity Christianity and race Segregationist theology League of the South