Open hearts, closed doors : immigration reform and the waning of mainline protestantism / Nicholas T. Pruitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pruitt, Nicholas T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestant churches--History--20th century.

Protestant churches.

Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Protestant churches--History--20th century.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 279 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"This book offers a history of mainline Protestant responses to immigrants and refugees during the mid-twentieth century and the ways white Protestants interpreted religious and cultural pluralism during a time of immigration restriction"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Settling into Restriction

2. The Trying Thirties

3. The Huddled Masses the War Produced

4. Strangers in Mayberry

5. Paving the Way for Pluralism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Pruitt, Nicholas T., Open hearts, closed doors

ISBN:

9781479803545

1479803545

OCLC:

1198086396

Publisher Number:

99987867433