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Religion in the 1920’s

Religions

Main religionsProtestantRoman CatholicsOrthodox CatholicsJewsBlack Protestants

Religion v. Evolution

Fundamentalists were against teaching evolution in school

Evolution contradicts Bible

The Scopes Trial

“Trial of the Century”Tennessee, 1925John Scopes teaching out of Charles

Darwin's bookScopes was found guilty on July 21 and

ordered to pay a US $100 fine (approximately $1,228 in 2010 when adjusted from 1925 for inflation)

Protestants and Prohibition

Fundamentalists and other religious people were much in favor for Prohibition!

The Anti- Saloon League, “The Protestant Church in action”

Long time dream for ProtestantsWhole nation once more under sway of

Protestants moral values

Catholics and Prohibition

Offended by Prohibition Interfered with cultural use of alcohol that

they brought from their foreign landsIntensified the conflict and struggles

between Protestants and Catholics

Ku Klux Klan

Known as the Second Ku Klux KlanWhite Protestants that took direct action in

ensuring social and political dominancePrejudice against Blacks, Roman Catholics,

and JewsConvinced that only white Protestants could

be “true Americans”Many operated in small-town, rural areasViolent

Religion v. Class

The Protestant Church was divided between the working class and the business class

Catholics and Protestants main conflict was over social issues

Denominations of the Protestant church were a major thing to cause conflict within the church

Fundamentalism

Fundamentalism refers to a belief in a strict adherence to a set of basic principles

THE FIVE FUNDEMENTALS: The inspiration of the Bible by the Holy Spirit and the inerrancy of

Scripture as a result of this. The virgin birth of Christ. The belief that Christ's death was the atonement for sin. The bodily resurrection of Christ. The historical reality of Christ's miracles.