1930's+Religion

 **Religion in 1930s!**  By: T r a n g D a n g and S t e p h a n i e B a r b o z a - S i m m o n s   ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ **What Religion Was Based On In The 1930's.** **For many, religion fueled emotions because they felt that religion was one of the few last things that kept them together and it gave them hope for a better tomorrow. Religion was very effected because of all of the problems at the time including, the great depression, money loss, racism/segregation, etc. Due to all of the loss of money, not as much went into building/fundings of/for churches. They started to decline the building of churches and temples. 10% of the budget went to construction, but soon that 10% dropped to 2.5%. And also, since the great depression, many had lost their jobs, and some were just simply embarassed of their newly made "status" (occupation, income, money amounts, etc.) and didnt want to go out as much. Only about 1/3 of the normal weekly attenders actually came. And also, 54% of the contributions dropped in 1926-1936. Religion was also started to be based on politics. **

**The KKK.** **The original KKK was formed in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee.**

**Important Religious Events in the 1930's**

**- 1931 **

 * **The American Lutheran Church; formed from a merger of the Joint Synod of Ohio, the Buffalo Synod, the Texas Synod, and the Iowa Synod. **

**Citations. **
 * 1) "Ku Klux Klan." //U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History//. Sonia Benson, Daniel E. Brannen, Jr., and Rebecca Valentine. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker and Sarah Hermsen. Vol. 5. Detroit: UXL, 2009. 882-884. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 11 Jan. 2012. **


 * 2) "The 1930s: Religion: Overview." //American Decades//. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 4: 1930-1939. Detroit: Gale, 2001. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 11 Jan. 201 **

2.**3)** **"Religion: Important Events of the 1930s." //American Decades//. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 4: 1930-1939. Detroit: Gale, 2001. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 12 Jan. 2012.**