Liberalism, Religion, and the Dilemma of Immigrant Rights in American Political Culture

The story of millions of people coming from various old worlds to the promise and potential of a new world is built deeply into American national mythology. Sometimes the narrative emphasizes the Anglo-Saxon origins of the pilgrims, the founding of the city on the hill, and the spread of the newly f...

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Published inReligion and Social Justice For Immigrants p. 16
Main Author RHYS H. WILLIAMS
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Rutgers University Press 18.10.2006
Subjects
Behavioral sciences
Catholicism
Christianity
Civil rights movements
Communities
Economic liberalism
Economic theory
Economics
Human rights movements
Human societies
Individualism
Islam
Liberalism
Political ideologies
Political philosophy
Political science
Protestantism
Religion
Social groups
Social movements
Sociology
Spiritual belief systems
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Summary:The story of millions of people coming from various old worlds to the promise and potential of a new world is built deeply into American national mythology. Sometimes the narrative emphasizes the Anglo-Saxon origins of the pilgrims, the founding of the city on the hill, and the spread of the newly formed American culture out of New England. Other times the focus is on the waves of new immigrants that traveled through Ellis Island and other points of entry to new lives and middle-class prosperity in an industrializing nation. The recent counternarrative involves the millions of ethnic and racial minorities
ISBN:0813539080
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