Faith and the Dust Bowl
Religion in the Plains
Tent Revivals were popular religious events during the 1930s and emphasized the correlation between the drought and a lack of commitment to God. Preachers, during vibrant sermons, questioned the community about their faith, connected the economic depression and dust storms to sin and suggested the events were a result of a God bent on ending the world or at least ending sin. Evidence was everywhere from barren fields to neighbors whose farms were lost through a bank foreclosure.
Dust storms would eventually end as rain returned to the Plains but significant lessons in farming were learned. The government would enforce improved farming techniques such as crop rotation, proper irrigation and the planting of trees and shrubs around fields to block wind. While the catastrophic events of the 1930s were most likely not directly related to sin, religion and faith would continue to play a significant part in the daily lives of the citizens of the Dust Bowl.
Religion in the Plains
Tent Revivals were popular religious events during the 1930s and emphasized the correlation between the drought and a lack of commitment to God. Preachers, during vibrant sermons, questioned the community about their faith, connected the economic depression and dust storms to sin and suggested the events were a result of a God bent on ending the world or at least ending sin. Evidence was everywhere from barren fields to neighbors whose farms were lost through a bank foreclosure.
Dust storms would eventually end as rain returned to the Plains but significant lessons in farming were learned. The government would enforce improved farming techniques such as crop rotation, proper irrigation and the planting of trees and shrubs around fields to block wind. While the catastrophic events of the 1930s were most likely not directly related to sin, religion and faith would continue to play a significant part in the daily lives of the citizens of the Dust Bowl.
