Initially a complement of sorts to Christian Identity, by the turn of the millennium, Odinism had become the more influential racist faith.i It was a belief system for skinheads uninterested in anything that looked like their parents’ religion; a pathway to radicalization for the environmentally conscious and incarcerated; an affirmation that whiteness wasn’t America’s original sin but something ancient and vital; and a tradition rich in symbols and rituals that weren’t white hoods and cross burnings.
