The Parable Of The Sower Religion Analysis

What is the difference between religion and faith? Religion is often reference to specific religious beliefs and principles laid out by such things as Christianity, Judaism, Islam, or Buddhism. Faith, however, is not so simplistic; it refers to the strong belief in the higher power of the universe, often without any claim to a specific “God” or religious practice. Being that this difference exists between religion and faith, novels such as The Parable of the Sower take the two and mesh their representation into a form of one, where it is hard to see the line of disparity in between. Religion and faith are represented in a fashion that leads the reader to observe the transition from the “old ways” into the creation of the “new”. The novel’s protagonist, Lauren finds herself in a living of unchanging ways, where Christianity and the Bible is the only true guidance given from her father, but it is her undying want for change, alongside her “hyperempathy”, that puts her, in the end, at the head of her own community and “religion”. The Parable of the Sower is a story that is set in the year 2024, where environmental degradation and economic collapse have destroyed, what is assumed only to be, American …show more content…
It started with a representation of the old and outdated ways of Christianity which tended to feed the fear that the entire enclave held of the outside world. Fear of being robbed, raped, or even murdered, it was all supported by holding onto an unchanging way of living. It was only until the protagonist, Lauren, being forced to leave, that the alternative is presented. The alternative is provided in Lauren’s “Earthseed” religion where the deity is change, rather than a person, thus allowing for an acceptance in what is considered new. Religion and faith is represented in this novel as a transition of what is and what ought to