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Religion In American Life
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SOCI 250/2
Computer Assignment #1
Religion used to be a very important component in an American's life.
Protestantism was as American as Mom and apple pie. Families would don their
"Sunday best" and go to church early on Sunday mornings. However, this
situation .... Middle of Essay
.... allow them to retain their faith in Christ without a central body
(i.e., the Vatican) speaking on behalf of them on issues that they are capable
of rationalizing for themselves. Among Catholics and Protestants, there is a
trend toward less rigid attendance of religious services. If we examine the
figures from Stark and Glock's 1968 survey, 54% of Americans surveyed at the
time attended church more often than once a month. This figure shrank to 40.7%
in the 1994 survey. Though the Catholic church insists on weekly attendance of
church, weekly attendance dropped from 52% in 1978 to 49% in 1986. Then,
attendance plummeted, with only 28.3% of Catho ....
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