Importace of faith and or religion....

I feel faith/ religion have an important role in the book because it's about the story of two races and there differences. latter talking about god and how he has no color, hes not black nor white hes a spirit. He is the color of water. With there faith is what keeps them going in life. For example with James mother Ruth when she was younger, finding out she was pregnant from a black man putting his life in jeopardy. But she goes on with life latter getting an abortion, or when James goes to get the milk and has to return it. Shows how they all face challenges in life that latter connect with one another like faith and or religion.