Editing British Israelism (section)

===Ideology===

[[Tudor Parfitt|Parfitt]] suggests that the creation of British Israelism was inspired by numerous ideological factors, which included: a desire of its adherents, many of whom were from ordinary backgrounds, to prove that they had a glorious ancient past; emerging pride in Western [[imperialism]] and [[colonialism]], and a belief in the "racial superiority of [[white Anglo-Saxon Protestants]]".<ref name=Parfitt2003/>{{rp|62}} Aikau characterized the movement as being "fundamentally about providing a rationale for Anglo-Saxon superiority."<ref>{{cite book |last=Aikau |first=Hokulani K. |title=A Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawai'i |publisher=University of Minnesota Press |location=Minneapolis |year=2012 |page=38 |isbn=978-0-8166-7462-6}}</ref> To [[Colin Kidd|Kidd]], its theology represents a "quasi-[[heresy]]", which serves to "blunt the universalist message apparent in the [[New Testament]]."<ref name=Kidd2006/>{{rp|204}} Its role in fostering [[antisemitism in Christianity|antisemitism]] in conservative [[Protestantism|Protestant]] [[Christianity]] has been noted by historians,<ref name=Pierard1996/>{{rp|57}} along with its role in fostering a feeling of "racial [[chauvinism]]" which is "not always covert".<ref name=Ingram/>{{rp|121–122}}

Separately, the mythology of British Israelism has been characterized as fostering "nationalistic bellicosity" by historians.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pearse |first=Meic |title=The Gods of War: Is Religion the Primary cause of Violent Conflict? |publisher=[[InterVarsity Press]] |year=2007 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/godsofwarisrelig00pear/page/104 104–105] |isbn=978-0830834907 |url=https://archive.org/details/godsofwarisrelig00pear/page/104 |url-access=registration}}</ref> To some adherents, British Israelism served as a justification for [[British Empire|British imperialism]] and American settler colonialism ([[manifest destiny]]), along with the [[forced displacement|displacement]] of [[indigenous peoples]] which subsequently followed them.<ref name=Kidd2006/>{{rp|212–213}}