第八讲 美国宗教分析

Warming-Up
• What are the dominant features of Chinese culture?
• Confucianism, Taoism, or maybe Buddhism • What are the prominent characteristics of
American culture? • How religion influences the life of Americans?
• Americans’ values largely root from Puritanism, while puritans held that God could be reached by reading of the Bible.
• American people try to avoid the number of “13” because one of the Bible stories, the Last Dinner. Judas, who is the 13th person seated beside the table, betrayed Jesus.
• Their religion and culture had a great impact on the formation of the American mainstream culture.
In what way did Puritanism influence American culture?
In the Church
Obama's Inauguration
• Thank you, God Bless you, and may He forever bless these United States of America.
Americans’ Names & The Bible
• Maria
They also established another American tradition— a strain of often intolerant moralism. They strictly punished drunks, adulterers, violators of the Sabbath(安息日) and other religious believers.
• Puritans; protestants • Catholics; Lord Baltimore;
protestants’ domination • Quakers
Religious signals in Americans’ life
Pray before dinner
Oh, my God! Oh, my Goddess!
LOGO Puritans’ legacies have a great impact on American society and culture.
The Puritans hoped to build “ a city upon hill – an ideal community ”. Since then, Americans have viewed their country as a great experiment, a worthy model for other nations. This sense of mission has been strong in the minds of many Americans.
Review
1. The Religious Reformation in Europe
2. Puritan New England 3. Catholic Maryland 4. Quaker Pennsylvania
Related Information
• Martin Luther; John Calvin; Calvinism
Unit 6
Religion in the United States
Teaching focus
• Religion & American Culture • Constitution of Regions in the United States • Religious Liberty in the United States • American Character of Religion
“WASP” Culture
• "WASP" stands for white Anglo-Saxon Protestant （盎格鲁-撒克逊白人新教）.
• The majority of the early settlers who came to America from Europe belonged to the various Protestant churches.
The American values such as individualism, hard work , respect of education owe very much to the Puritan beliefs.
Questions about the text
1. Is the majority of the Americans religious? 2. Is their a government-supported religion in
the US? 3. What does "WASP" stands for ?
耶稣的母亲
• Anna
女先知
• Abraham 犹太人先祖
• Sarah
先知亚伯拉罕之妻
• Philip
耶稣十二使徒之一
Baidu Nhomakorabea
• Paul
基督教的使徒，
早期基督教的创始人之一
• David
耶西之子，称王于耶路撒冷
• Peter
耶稣十二使徒之首
More Clues…
• Many immigrants came to America for the sake of escaping from religious persecution.