The Impact Of The Social Gospel Movement

In the 1920’s flappers brought a controversial look with the amount of skin they showed, the sorter dresses, the make-up, and the heels they used. The woman wanted to feel free from the hold people had on woman. Woman like Jane Adams and Ellen Gates Star stepped up to show woman about the importance of being clean and valued. Prior to the Social Gospel Movement, women were not allowed to work for themselves. They had no real life of their own. The 1970’s also brought a lot of new views in America. Civil rights were leading to the rise of women powers along with the rise of empowerment for the gays and young people breaking off from their parents. In the 70’s women were granted divorces and had to become the “breadwinners” for their households. They had jobs, went to college, got involved in politics, and made a name for themselves. Homosexuals were forming groups to voice themselves. The young people were looking into other religions rather than their parent religions. They had been influence by the music sensation The Beatles, who had a member that practices Hinduism. They had been looking into eastern religion since the Asian based religions had been moving into America. The Era of protest had many people losing their faith, making them more open minded to other cultures and leading to their rebellion.

Many problems arose in the 1970’s due to conflict of interest. The social upheaval in America was caused by the Vietnam War was not favored by the people of the US because it was not a war that was necessary for them to be in and because the looks of them not winning did not appeal to them. This caused them to lose respect in what decisions the country was making. In addition to the war, there was the youth rebellion and the contr...

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...al Gospel movement challenged the Darwin belief. The propaganda nationalistic movement during the World War II bought to light that nationalism and religion go hand in hand. People feel the need to believe in something, almost anything like in the case of Marshall Applelite, when he convinced people of Heaven’s Gate that he was an alien. Religion only needs faith to get it to go around. Real proof of the events these self-proclaimed leaders are describing aren’t necessary as long as they have people following them saying that whatever they say is true.

The tragedy of Jamestown was a misfortune. In faith of finding a new profound life those people had to suffer a horrible ending. Influenced by the movement of change the people of Peoples Temple fell into the hands of Jim Jones and were eventually guided to end the lives of their children, loved ones, and their own.