American Evangelical Protestantism And European Immigrants 1800 1924

Author : William J. Phalen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786484683
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Evangelical Protestantism and European Immigrants, 1800-1924 written by William J. Phalen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few topics are as pertinent to the American political scene as immigration. This timely book examines the attitude of American Evangelical Protestants toward European immigration into the United States before the Immigration Act of 1924. Of particular interest are the effects, as seen by evangelicals, that immigration had in the cities, in education, in politics, and in the evangelical quest to win the prohibition of alcohol. It also addresses the rise of the 19th century evangelical's main ethnic opponent, the Irish immigrant, and the Irish dominance of the American Catholic Church. The text is based largely upon the writings, speeches, and sermons of evangelicalism.

Author : Nicholas T. Pruitt
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147980357X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open Hearts, Closed Doors written by Nicholas T. Pruitt and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of mainline Protestant responses to immigrants and refugees during the twentieth century Open Hearts, Closed Doors uncovers 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 quota 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.

Author : Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319980866
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evangelicals and Immigration written by Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of immigration is at the center of contemporary politics and, from a scholarly perspective, existing studies have documented that attitudes towards immigration have brought about changes in both partisanship and voting behavior. However, many scholars have missed or misconstrued the role of religion in this transformation, particularly evangelical Protestant Christianity. This book examines the historical and contemporary relationships between religion and immigration politics, with a particularly in-depth analysis of the fault lines within evangelicalism—divisions not only between whites and non-whites, but also the increasingly consequential disconnect between elites and laity within white evangelicalism. The book’s empirical analysis relies on original interviews with Christian leaders, data from original church surveys conducted by the authors, and secondary analysis of several national public opinion surveys. It concludes with suggestions for bridging the elite/laity and racial divides. Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover: (Ph.D., Emory University) is Chair and Professor of Political Science at Gordon College, Massachusetts. She has contributed chapters to Faith in a Pluralist Age (2018) and Is the Good Book Good Enough? (2011). She has published in a wide range of journals including Social Science Quarterly, The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Latin American Perspectives, Political Research Quarterly, Comment, and Capital Commentary. Lyman A. Kellstedt: (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is Professor of Political Science (emeritus) at Wheaton College, Illinois. He has authored or coauthored numerous articles, book chapters, and books in religion and politics, including Religion and the Culture Wars (1996), The Bully Pulpit (1997), and The Oxford Handbook of Religion and American Politics (2009).

Author : Heath W. Carter
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802871526
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism written by Heath W. Carter and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of American evangelicalism is perhaps best understood by examining its turning points - those moments when it took on a new scope, challenge, or influence. The Great Awakening, the rise of fundamentalism and Pentecostalism, the emergence of Billy Graham?all these developments and many more have given shape to one of the most dynamic movements in American religious history. Taken together, these turning points serve as a clear and helpful roadmap for understanding how evangelicalism has become what it is today. Each chapter in this book has been written by one of the world's top experts in American religious history, and together they form a single narrative of evangelicalism's remarkable development. Here is an engaging, balanced, coherent history of American evangelicalism from its origins as a small movement to its status as a central player in the American religious story. - from publisher.

Author : Jason J. McDonald
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073917097X
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racial Dynamics in Early Twentieth-century Austin, Texas written by Jason J. McDonald and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jason McDonald raises some new and challenging questions about the pattern of race relations experienced by Mexican Americans and African Americans in Austin, Texas, in the early twentieth century.--P. [4] of cover.

Author : William J. Phalen
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623732
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coney Island written by William J. Phalen and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the Civil War, Coney Island boasted a beach, a dozen small hotels with ramshackle bathhouses, some chowder stands and a few saloons. After the war, it was taken over by powerful individuals who made its 0.7 square miles a domain of the wealthy. By 1905, with the population of New York City at four million, the city’s amusement park builders designed an entertainment wonderland on the island that even the poor could enjoy, creating a “nickel empire,” where visitors paid five cents for the subway, five cents for a Nathan’s hot dog and five cents for a ride. In 1910, Coney Island saw 20 million visitors—more than Disneyland and Disney World combined could claim 70 years later, adjusted for population growth. Through the decades, the island has seen changes of fortune, floods and fires, cycles of decay and rehabilitation. Yet the ultimate power on the island was and is the government of the city of New York, which—for good or ill—has made Coney Island what it is today.

Author : A.E. Samaan
Publisher : Library Without Walls, LLC.
ISBN 13 : 099641634X
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From a "Race of Masters" to a "Master Race": 1948 to 1848 written by A.E. Samaan and published by Library Without Walls, LLC.. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nazism remains an enigma. Historians do not know whether to slot Nazism as a phenomenon of the political “right” or “left,” largely because of a misunderstanding of how central eugenics was to the regime. Eugenics, or “racial hygiene,” was at the core of National Socialism’s domestic policy, foreign policy, culture wars, and even Hitler’s obsession with cars, highways, and city planning. Thus, no coherent understanding of the regime is possible without first grasping the nature of eugenics. Eugenics did not originate with Nazi Germany. It was the culmination of a worldwide movement that was widely accepted by the global scientific and academic community. This book traces the origins of the Nazi eugenics state, working backward down the timeline, tracing from leaf down to the root. We investigate this 100-year trajectory from its beginnings in British and American Academia, delving into the conveniently forgotten inner-workings of a scientific era, uncovering previously unpublished manuscripts, professional correspondence, and conveniently forgotten publications. With the centenary of The Holocaust looming, uprooting the web of professional connections that engendered this movement is in order. The seeds of Holocaust denial take root and prosper with misinformation. Clarity and transparency are imperative, as they leave no room for denial theories that would deprive the victims of justice, or rob the living of a future. www.RaceOfMasters.com  NOTE: A preliminary version of this book was circulated amongst academic circles and other interested parties as an Advanced Readers Copy (A.R.C.) in 2015. This version is a part the Eugenics Anthology seven-book series that is currently being completed by A.E. Samaan. Hardbound versions of the books will not be released until the series is complete, and all the puzzle pieces in place. For more information, please visit EugenicsAnthology.com

Author : Richard M. Linkh
Publisher : Staten Island, N.Y. : Center for Migration Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Catholicism and European Immigrants, 1900-1924 written by Richard M. Linkh and published by Staten Island, N.Y. : Center for Migration Studies. This book was released on 1975 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kristofer Allerfeldt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313093032
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race, Radicalism, Religion, and Restriction written by Kristofer Allerfeldt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-03-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1924 America passed legislation that effectively outlined which immigrants were to be considered beneficial to the national body and which were not. Albert Johnson, a Washington State Congressman, sponsored the Act. This study examines the role of the Pacific Northwest in the change of national sentiment that led up to this legislation. Throughout the period, this region experienced massive growth in its immigrant population. Its forests and small towns were the scenes of many clashes with the alien radicals, resulting in the creation of anti-Catholic legislation and the laws against land ownership by the Japanese. Analyzing issues of race, religion, and political radicalism, Allerfeldt determines that the region was highly influential in the national debate. Most immigration studies of this era focus on the East Coast or on California, but Allerfeldt finds that Northwestern politicians and populists, responding to regional events as much as national sentiments, often set the national immigration agenda. Diverse organizations such as the APA, the Ku Klux Klan, and the IWW gained powerful local support and had significant influence on the region's attitudes towards immigrants. Rather than following California's lead in the opposition to Asian immigration, the Northwest actually set the path for its southern neighbor in many important aspects.

Author : Gerald Shaughnessy
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Has the Immigrant Kept the Faith? A Study of Immigration and Catholic Growth in the United States, 1790-1920 written by Gerald Shaughnessy and published by New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1925 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: