RT Book
T1 The strangers in our midst: American evangelicals and immigration from the Cold War to the twenty-first century
T2 Oxford scholarship online
A1 Stockhausen, Ulrike Elisabeth
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1761334751
AB Evangelical Christians in the United States today are known for their hard-line, restrictive approach to immigration and refugees insofar that means welcoming immigrants and refugees into the country. This book shows that this has not always been the case and is, in fact, a relatively new position. The history of evangelical involvement with refugees and immigrants has been overlooked in the current debate. Since the early 1960s, evangelical Christians have been integral players in US immigration and refugee policy. Motivated by Biblical teachings to 'welcome the stranger,' they have helped tens of thousands of newcomers by acting as refugee sponsors or providing legalization assistance to undocumented immigrants. Until the 1990s, many evangelicals did not distinguish between documented and undocumented newcomers - all were to be loved and welcomed.
OP 324
NO Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 20, 2021)
CN 261.8380973
SN 978-0-19-751591-4
SN 978-0-19-751590-7
K1 Emigration and immigration : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Evangelicalism : United States
K1 United States : Emigration and immigration
DO 10.1093/oso/9780197515884.001.0001