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Victory in the war recalled for church-going Americans one of the recurring motifs of American religion , the vision of " a Christian America . However much money they may have , the bumpkins find themselves betrayed by their strong regional accents , their church-going , and their crowded rooms of clunky furniture . The bells of the old Raveloe church were ringing the cheerful peal which told that the morning service was ended ; and out of the arched doorway in the tower came slowly , retarded by friendly greetings and questions , the richer parishioners who had chosen this bright Sunday morning as eligible for church-going . The great surge of patriotic spirit and church-going after World War II was accompanied by a revival of a Victorian family ideal .