Examples Of Modernism In The Crucible

Modernism

Religion is fused with culture, politics, and economics on every level, whether you attend church commonly, or whether you are a casual believer, you simply cannot escape religion. Things that were once considered important and vital to families in prior generations are no longer important to modern families. The once classic idea of close family sitting around a dinner table saying a prayer before they eat and going to church on Sunday has become a thing of the past. In the new modern society, people have become more accepting of other ideas and become busier with work, school, and other things that many of the traditional societal norms have diminished. Religion is one of the major traditional cultural aspects that is slowly fading

away throughout the generations. Overall society nowadays has been becoming more secular than traditional in recent times. This Shows how their is a transition between old religious beliefs and newer, more modern beliefs and investigate possible reasons why religion is getting more secular.

Throughout generations religion has been a main part of everyone’s life. For example older generation like to go to church multiple times a month and participate in their religious gatherings to be one with “God”. 20% of people in the U.S older than 60 practice their religions compared to a 51% of people between the ages of 15-25 who rarely practice their religion. This shows that the generation gap has changed and more people rely less on a “God” than people use to. Moreover, while 48% of adults 60 and older go to church on a regular basis, the proportion crashes to just 27% among 17- to 30-year-olds. When surveyed about the subjective importance of religion, 65% of older adults but only 40% of Millennials say religion is very important to them. No matter how you look at it, Millennials are less religious than previous generations. There are 4 main reasons that cause the gap between the two generations, and they are: Organized Religion versus spirituality, Tribalism versus humanitarianism, Traditional versus nontraditional families, and Trust versus lost of confidence in institutions. Not as many people have use in organized religions as much as they used to. A recent study in 2012 showed that around ⅕ of people were not religiously affiliated, but now that number has risen to about 23% since the last study. There has been a decline in the interest of organized religion over many years and generations. Religion has not been such a big deal as much as it used to be. Moreover, in 1990, the number of Americans who report having no religious affiliation has nearly tripled, from 8 percent to 22 percent in 2016. In conclusion, throughout the modern society, people are becoming more accepting of other ideas and are often more involved with work, school, and meeting their own needs that many of the traditional society norms have diminished. Religion is one of the major traditional cultural aspects that is slowly fading away throughout the generations. Overall, society nowadays has been becoming more secular than traditional in recent years.

In the play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, religion is a very important and fulfilling aspect of life in the time the book was written.

The book was written in 1953, however it was about the time period of the Salem witch trials which took place in the 1600’s. Religious was a big deal during the this time period due to the constant amount of accusations and conspiracy theories regarding witches and devils. Throughout the play, religions is almost often referred to everybody and consumes how people act and treat each other. For example, When Proctor is giving his testimony to Danforth, Paris interjects that Proctor only goes to church once a month, and Danforth responds: “‘Not come to church?’” (Act III). Danforth shows here that going to church was a thing that most people do. Danforth shows he is shocked that Proctor only goes to church one time a month. In the play Catcher in the Rye, After Holden’s prostitute leaves him, he left alone in his hotel room getting ready for bed. He then suddenly gets the urge to pray and announces: “ I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn’t do it. I can’t always pray when I feel like it. In the first place place, I’m sort of an atheist. I like jesus and all, but I don't care too much for most of the other stuff in the bible (98).” From this we can infer that Holden has had some religious influence throughout his life if he feels like he wanted to pray; however, it must not have been very frequent when he was growing up because he doesn’t state that religious was a big part of his life. As a result, both of these novels possess a similar trait when talking about how religion differs within people and it is something that reflects on people's lives and cultural

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Ultimately, this disapproval settles down to individual preference and beliefs. It is certain that today’s generation is more accepting and open-minded than the previous generations. As such, it’s harder for millennials to accept all aspects of a religious identity when evident beliefs contradict with previously held ideals. In conclusion, religion has changed but mainly due to its followers changing it to how it suits them. As the technological field has advanced since ancient times, so has the quality of life and this means that people will change their ways of living.