When you are looking at the generational differences in peoples everyday attitude towards religion in America, the main things that jump out to me are the fact that now there are so many different religious denominations for individuals to choose from. Also, religion is now frowned upon in our school systems, as it has been removed from almost every school. Lastly, I do not think that religion is used in the home as it was in the past.
Let's take a look at the first of the generational differences that I feel is a reason. The sear number of different denomination choices for an individual to decide from is staggering. In the American Protestant sect there are thousands of sects broken off the main one ( Bethel University, 2016 ). You have Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Methodist just to name a few that are all broken off from the original. When you look back over the past generations you had choices but, you were this or that, not this, that, and the other as you see today. …show more content…
In my personal opinion this is the main reason that there has been an big generational gap in attitude in religion in America. When I was in school it is what we did everyday, just like reciting the pledge of allegiance. At that time we were still encouraged to pray and seek out Jesus to help us with our problems and confusion, now our children are turned to social media and other media outlets for guidance. If we continue down this path " we are raising children that have no about what the war on terrorism is about or what the President's inaugural speech is about " ( S. Prothero, 2006, S12 ). I, like Mr. Prothero believe that we need religious studies in our school systems to help with understanding where our culture began and where it will end up if we continue down our current
Let's take a look at the first of the generational differences that I feel is a reason. The sear number of different denomination choices for an individual to decide from is staggering. In the American Protestant sect there are thousands of sects broken off the main one ( Bethel University, 2016 ). You have Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Methodist just to name a few that are all broken off from the original. When you look back over the past generations you had choices but, you were this or that, not this, that, and the other as you see today. …show more content…
In my personal opinion this is the main reason that there has been an big generational gap in attitude in religion in America. When I was in school it is what we did everyday, just like reciting the pledge of allegiance. At that time we were still encouraged to pray and seek out Jesus to help us with our problems and confusion, now our children are turned to social media and other media outlets for guidance. If we continue down this path " we are raising children that have no about what the war on terrorism is about or what the President's inaugural speech is about " ( S. Prothero, 2006, S12 ). I, like Mr. Prothero believe that we need religious studies in our school systems to help with understanding where our culture began and where it will end up if we continue down our current