4/26/2014
Religion in the Past and Now in the USA
Religion in the USA is different than any country in the world.
Every city in the USA has different kinds of religion such as Catholic, Christian,
and Lutheran. According to the
interview that I did with Foxdale a
resident, who is 90 years old, that person who works in the church, she was
explaining the activities and events she used to do in the church while she was
working there. Similarly in 1940, there is an organization that helped students
become more active in the religious community and develop skills in the future
(la Vie,1941,p158). I will discuss in my paper the Religion from 1940 to 1950,
until recent day such as the activities, and the lifestyle of religious people.
First, the difference between the religion in 1950 and the recent
day religions is the kind of religious activities . According to the Daily
Collegian it says that one of the most
important religious activities is playing religious movies.The way the church did activities was to show movies
on Sunday related to religion and people would discuss with each other about
the movie. Showing movies represented the kind of religious activities people
used to have in that period of time .(3 March, 1950). However, the recent day
activities and according to the interview I had at Foxdale, people who work in
church on Sundays perform a kind of
prayer, and then they meet and discuss about the different kinds of religion and
the rules of the religion. As a result of my reading, the religion activities
are different from past to recent day.
Second, the lifestyle of
religious people is different in the recent day society. According to
the Daily Collegian “the main purpose of religious life week is to help everyone realize the
importance of religion in the age of science.” To explain this quote, the lifestyle
of religious people in the past focused on assisting people to remember the rules of religion and how the
religion is necessary. (18 Frbruary,1490).
Unlike the past, in the recent society the religious people help by
answering questions that people have about the religion instead of
reminding them about the religious rules. However, the time of prayer is the same in the past, people used to
pray on Sundays and they still do.
In conclusion, religion has witnessed a lot of changes in the past
50-60 years such as the activities and life style, but it is not a big
difference. The most beautiful thing I noticed about religious people in the
past and now is that they are so dedicated to their religion.
References
LA Vie (Pennsylvania State University, 1941). Retrieved from http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/search/collection/lavie/searchterm/religion/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/order/title/ad/asc/cosuppress/1 The Daily Collegian (March,3,1950). Retrieved from http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/collegian/Client.asp?skin=collegian&AW=1398524391279&AppName=2
The Daily Collegian. Religion in life week (Ferbreuary,18,1940).
Retrieved from http://digitalnewspapers.libraries.psu.edu/Default/Skins/collegian/Client.asp?skin=collegian&AW=1398524391279&AppName=2
