TY - BOOK AU - Pruitt,Nicholas T. TI - Open Hearts, Closed Doors: Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism SN - 9781479803545 AV - BX4817 U1 - 261.8/3809045 23/eng PY - 2021///] CY - New York, NY : PB - New York University Press, KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Religious aspects KW - Protestant churches KW - History KW - 20th century KW - RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict KW - bisacsh KW - Americanization KW - Asian exclusion KW - Braceros KW - Church World Service KW - Cold War KW - Great Depression KW - Immigration Act of 1924 KW - Immigration Act of 1965 KW - Japanese immigrants KW - Japanese internment KW - Jewish refugees KW - McCarran-Walter Act KW - Second Red Scare KW - World War II KW - cultural pluralism KW - gender KW - home missions KW - immigration policy KW - immigration KW - nativism KW - race KW - refugee resettlement KW - refugees KW - religious pluralism KW - social gospel KW - twentieth century N1 - restricted access N2 - A history of mainline Protestant responses to immigrants and refugees during the twentieth centuryOpen Hearts, Closed Doorsuncovers the largely overlooked role that liberal Protestants played in fostering cultural diversity in America and pushing for new immigration laws during the forty years following the passage of the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924. These efforts resulted in the complete reshaping of the US cultural and religious landscape.During this period, mainline Protestants contributed to the national debate over immigration policy and joined the charge for immigration reform, advocating for a more diverse pool of newcomers. They were successful in their efforts, and in 1965 the "a system based on race and national origin was abolished. But their activism had unintended consequences, because the liberal immigration policies they supported helped to end over three centuries of white Protestant dominance in American society.Yet, Pruitt argues, in losing their cultural supremacy, mainline Protestants were able to reassess their mission. They rolled back more strident forms of xenophobia, substantively altering the face of mainline Protestantism and laying foundations for their responses to today's immigration debates. More than just a historical portrait, this volume is a timely reminder of the power of religious influence in political matters UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781479803569 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781479803569/original ER -