Although puritanism no longer exist in the twenty first century, Hawthorne critical analysis on their lifestyle is still applicable in today society. According to a news article written in the Huffington Post, Steven Reiss, the author of the article “Four Reason For Decline of Religion,” stated that “According to the latest Religious Landscape Study by the Pew Research Forum, the percentage of Americans who believe in God, attend religious service, and pray daily has declined significantly during the last eight years, especially among adolescents.” One of the reason he attributed was due to the fact that more people are beginning to loss confidence in the institutions (1). Take example of the Catholic church. In the past decade, the Catholic
