Religious and Patriotic Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan: Being a Plain, Practical and Thorough Exposition of the Principles, Purposes and Practices of the Ku Klux Klan; a Textbook on Klankraft for the Instruction of Klansmen and the Information of Non-klansmen

Published in 1926 by the Klonklave of the Realm of Georgia, this volume serves as a primary source document representing the ideology and organizational structure of the Ku Klux Klan during its massive mid-1920s resurgence. Walter Carl Wright authored this work to function as a formal guidebook or 'textbook' for members, known as Klansmen, seeking to codify the group's exclusionary doctrines under the guise of religious and patriotic morality.

The text was designed to standardize the instruction of 'Klankraft' and to serve as a propaganda tool intended to influence public perception by framing the organization's white supremacist agenda as a mainstream, benevolent social movement. Given the volatile political climate of the era, the publication was received as a deliberate attempt to institutionalize the Klan's rhetoric within the social and political fabric of the United States, ultimately becoming a significant artifact for historical study regarding institutionalized racial animus.