Religion In The 20th Century

Religion in our modern world has allowed open communication of all ideas. The age-old saying “don’t discuss religion or politics” is waning as people now openly express their opposition to presidential candidates and religion. Fundamentalists refute anything that opposes the literal meaning of their sacred text and follow their faith’s sacred tradition. There have been many translations and re-thought principles in religion that have made believers go back to the fundamentals of their faith. Many people find fundamentalists to be against modernity and hold “the view of fundamentalism as an archaic form of religiosity of the culturally backward who seek to bring about a moral cleansing of societies that have lost their traditional bearings” (Armstrong 4). Fundamentalism has been taken into more

Fundamentalism has been ongoing for over 100 years and is a “Term derived from series of publications on "The Fundamentals" of the (Christian) faith (1910-1915) that served as a point of reference for groups of conservative American Protestants early in the twentieth century” (Swatos 1). By contrast, the lack of religious upbringing during the early twentieth century was not evident. “Muncie, Indiana, in 1924: 69 percent said their own mothers had taught them loyalty to the church, and 50 percent said they were teaching this value to their own children” (Wuthnow 2). From recent national statistics of Americans however, “only 24 percent said they were raised in homes where family devotions were a regular part of daily life” (Wuthnow 1). Religious upbringing continues declining as our society secularizes. Religion in our modern world no longer has so much to do with having faith and evangelizing. Today, it has more to do with the dissemination of religious practice and the welcoming of non-religious communications. While America was found upon Christianity, today’s youth identifies very little with it. “Virtually all teenagers believe