961 THE MICHIGAN DAILY


IDENTIFICATION SYMBOL:
Herberg Cites Religion's Role

S9y FREDERICK ULEMAN

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America has changed from a
predominantly Protestant nation
to a Post-Protestant era in which
Catholicism, Judaism, and Prot-
estantism are all symbols of
American identification, William
Herberg said yesterday.
Herberg, author of numerous
books and articles on the role of
religion in modern society, add-
ed that "religion has become the
differentiating factor in the new
American pluralism."
"The successor to the ethnic
sub-community is the religious-
social sub-community," he ex-
plained.
Elaborating in his lecture on
"American Religious Pluralism,"
Herberg traced the development
of religion as "the symbol of iden-
tification" through the past three
generations,
Ethnic Cultire
The first generation of immi-
grants has their religion as a part
of the ethnic culture or "ethnic-
ity" - which they brought with
them. For these people the ques-
tion of origin included the ques-
tion of religion. For example, he
explained, if a person is Italian,
it implies that he's Catholic.
The second generation is "torn,
away from the old moorings and
not yet anichored in the new real-
ity." These people provide the in-
termediate stage of Americaniza-
tion as they try intensely to rid
themselves of their "foreign"
traits.
The third generation, having
solved the problem of the second
generation by dissolving its ties
with the old culture, is now con-
fronted fith a new problem and
is "in search of a heritage," he
noted.
These . people do not want to
adopt the language or customs of
their grandfathers, but can adopt
the religion without endangering
their American status.
'Cellophane-Wrapped'
With this generation, "the ap-
propriate symbol of heritage has
become religion," Herberg said. It
Is not the same religion as was
his grandfather's, having been
modernized and "wrapped in cel-
lophane," but religion has become
"the new way of locating oneself
in American society."
This transformation of identi-
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Ann Arbor Congress on Racial
Equality in cooperation with the
Guild House will present a folk
sing with Mike Sherker at 8 p.m
today at the Guild House. Pro-
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CORE.

Traditionally, a culture is jus-
tified by religion. Now, he said,
the religions are being justified
by' the culture with each person
promoting his own religion as
"the best expression of the super-
religion of the American way."
Religion enjoys a high place in
American culture, but has paid for
it with "widespread seculariza-
tion," Herberg noted.
The transition from one to three
dominant religions has also pro-
duced anxieties in that the older
generation of Protestants is con-
cerned with their displacement as
the dominant group and the non-
Protestants are concerned with
maintaining their new status, he
said.
Even these tensions, which re-
sulted from the older identifica-
tion anxieties, are rapidly passing
and Herberg predicted will prob-
ably be almost entirely eliminat-
ed within the next generation.
The attitude of the younger
people seems to reflect the ab-
sence of religious conflict between
the dominant groups, he said.

College
Roundup
NORTHFIELD, Minn. - An ad-
ministrative committee at Carle-
ton College has been appointed to
study measures for fallout pro-
tection on the campus. A prelim-
inary investigation has shown that
underground tunnels now existing
on the campus may be suitable for
use and fallout shelters.
DETROIT - The Wayne State
University Board of Governors re-
cently approved the adoption of
the quarter system. The new plan,
which will go into effect at the
beginning of the fall semester,
1962, is expected to result in a
more efficient use of the plant
and staff of the university, en<
abling it to handle the large in-
crease in the number of students
expected by 1965.
a a
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard
University Computation Labora-
tory will receive an IBM 7090
computer, the largest calculating
machine now in commercial use.
It will be available for use by un-
dergraduates, even freshmen, for
research and laboratory work.

WILLIAM HERBERG
.. , secular religion

fication on ethnic bases to the
religious bases- are becoming the
"there varient ways of being an
American." This has resulted in
the loss of much religious content,
Herberg said.

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