Similarities Between A Raisin In The Sun And The Great Gatsby

Research Paper

This semester the class read many different books, The Field, I The Divine, A Raisin in the Sun and The Great Gatsby the book which I found to be most interesting was, I the Divine, because it focused on religion and how important it was in the 1960's. Family made decisions in their lives based on their religious beliefs.

In this research, I will answer the question is religion sill relevant today in Society?

In a recent issue of Christianity Today, was an article entitled, “The State of the Church in America It’s not dying.” States: “The church is not dying but it is in a transition. But transitioning is not the same as dying” (McSwain, 2014).

Churches will always be around, but you can be sure, churches are going through

It has been the trend in the last couple of decades for traditional, mainline churches to pretend to be something they are not. Many of them have experimented with different ideas to bring back its members such as praise bands, the installation of screens, praise music, leisure dress on the platform, and frankly, it has been proven to be a fatal mistake. Of course, there are exceptions to this everywhere and especially in those churches where there is an un-traditional look already. In traditional, mainline churches, however, trying to make a stained-glass atmosphere pass as the contemporary worship (McSwin).

It is also becoming increasingly common for Americans to leave the faith in which they were raised. “34 percent of American adults identify with a faith different from their childhood faith — up from just 28 percent in 2007’’ (Pew research center).While people may believe in less formal, organized religion there has been an increase in private spirituals

Church members are attending less frequently. This development is potentially the greatest contributor to attendance decline. Three decades ago, active church member attended three times or more a week. Today attendance is less than

public. According to research conducted in an article asked the question, Is the U.S Becoming Less Religious, a growing share of Americans are religiously unaffiliated, including some who self-identify as atheists or agnostics as well as many who describe their religion as “nothing in particular.” altogether, the religiously unaffiliated (also called the “nones”) now account for 23% of the adult population, up from 16% in 2007. (Pew Research) One of the major factors behind the growth of the ‘nones’ and the declines in traditional forms of religion .The recent decrease in religious beliefs and behaviors is largely attributable to the “none” the growing number of the minority of Americans, particularly in the millennial generation, who say they do not belong to any organized faith.

An important factor behind the growth of the religiously unaffiliated is generational. The numbers of Americans who are religiously unaffiliated has grown rapidly. The “nones,” or religiously unaffiliated has jumped up seven percentage points from 16 percent in 2007 to 23 percent in 2014 (Pew