In what ways do faith and/or religion play an important role in The Color of Water?

Faith and religion play a really important role in the book because it's a about story of two different races. In this story people tend to stereotypes a lot specially when it comes to James mother.Faith and religion play a really big role in this story because for example when James mother Ruth's talks about how god is the color of water, water is obviously clear so he isn't any color. She explained that if you have faith that god is like identical to you, with your faith he keeps you going in life. She explains how god is your color, he is not just one typical color.in this story they all go through tons of obstacles together as a family but they all manage to have FAITH and manage to get through them.