What was the religious background of Amelia Earhart?

Answer 1

One Biographer who has gone into the spiritual aspects hinted she was Lutheran as Earhart, orignally Ehrhart is a German name, and is closer to (Honest Buck) inthe sense of hart meaning a deer rather than a winged circulatory organ. It is known her sister who died well within the past ten years(Muriel) was of the Episcopalian Faith.The subejct is genrally ignored or toned down. It was rumored there wee more or less secret religious maneuvers to provide somethiogn akin to a safe house in the Orient with the ghoal of getting her to change her religion. there were the so-called Spellman-Cochran tapes, never made public and probably erased on the deaths ofThe two participants. From what surviives of her writings, she doen;'t seem toget religious in light chatter. it"s one of the many mysteries of Amelia. UPDATE The adult Amelia Earhart was certainly not much enthusiastic to discuss publicly her religious views. It must be explained, probably just by her personality - as she valued her privacy and simply didn't consider such topics as a matter of public discussions, and rather treated it as a purely private thing. It is known however that in all cases when the situation somehow required this, she always characterized herself as a Protestant; she belonged to the Episcopalian Church. In her young years she attended the St. Clement's Episcopal Church in St. Paul. She was a member of the Altar Guild there and belonged to the group of activists who helped to keep the Church in proper order. Also she was a member of the Junior Auxiliary, and her St. Paul friend Marian Blodgett remembered later that A.E. was specially enthusiastic about this kind of church activity and loved to sing in the choir very much. Later in school, in her senior year, she was a Secretary and Treasurer of the Christian Endeavour.

Answer 2

The adult Amelia Earhart was certainly not much enthusiastic to discuss publicly her religious views. It must be explained, probably just by her personality - as she valued her privacy and simply didn't consider such topics as a matter of public discussions, and rather treated it as a purely private thing. It is known however that in all cases when the situation somehow required this, she always characterized herself as a Protestant; she belonged to the Episcopalian Church.

In her young years she attended the St. Clement's Episcopal Church in St. Paul. She was a member of the Altar Guild there and belonged to the group of activists who helped to keep the Church in proper order. Also she was a member of the Junior Auxiliary, and her St. Paul friend Marian Blodgett remembered later that A.E. was specially enthusiastic about this kind of church activity and loved to sing in the choir very much. Later in school, in her senior year, she was a Secretary and Treasurer of the Christian Endeavour.

Answer 3

There is some debate about this. One biographer states that she was a Lutheran which fits as the name- Americanized somewhat is of German origin. (This was Briand- Daughter of the Stars) her sister that died within the past ten years was of the Episcopalian faith. you may have heard of the so-called Spellman-Cochran tapes of conversations between the Cardinal and the (female) Colonel about some bizarre plan to save Amelia- who the logic assumes was captured alive and being held in Japan but with the catch she pose as a Religious sister- and ultimately convert to the Catholic Faith. In my opinion this is an incense-fired Pipe Dream. She was definitely not a Catholic, I do not know if she would have converted.. this would have entailed something of a ( stand up poster-err adult) role model thing and I don:t think the "Trix would have fallen for it- too much of a ( Gadabout) if you ask me. it is an open question, nonetheless. she never mentiond religion in the writings which survive, maybe this was edited out , as it is commonly a taboo topic in entertainment.

Answer 4

This is a matter of some controversy, consult the questions asking about Amelia"s religious background. Her father was almost certainly a Lutheran. Her sister was of the Episcopal faith however. ( Muriel)

Answer 5

Yes. there are some questions as to denomination involved. one biographer claims Lutheran ( Mr. Briand) others have suggested Episcopalian.

Answer 6

She was a Christian. opinion is divided on denominations. one biographer , Briand ( daughter of the Stars) suggests Lutheranism, it is known her sister was of the Episcopalian faith.

Answer 7

Not especially. She did seem to be interested in religion from an anthropological viewpoint, but wasn't very outspoken about her own beliefs, whatever they might have been.