英美概况美国第七讲

3.3 Roman Catholic church--the largest single Christian church.

Although the largest church is of the Protestant faith, the largest single religions group is that of Roman Catholic church. Roman catholic believers represent 26.2%of the U.S. population and the 4 largest protestant groups in all represent 31.9% of the total American population. So the Roman Catholic church is the largest single Christian church.
4.Three Faiths
2.2 The reason for the tradition of religious liberty.
a. the migrants to the new world was for freedom –including religious freedom. b. the ‗Social Contract theory‘ is similar to the puritan‘s thought; or we can say the political democracy is the same as the religious freedom. a realm of freedom political freedom religious freedom
Catholic hierarchy
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基督教（Christianity） ―正教” （Orthodoxy） “东正教” （Eastern Orthodoxy）， 俄罗斯正教 （Russian Orthodoxy） Reformation 宗教改革 Protestant churches 新教“耶稣教”
3.1 What is Protestants?

A members of any of the Christian denominations which grew out of the challenge to Roman Catholic Church at Reformation.
3.2 the major protestant churches in today‘s America.
b. Methodists
Methodism is a Protestant denomination that emerged in England out of teachings of John Wesley. Wesley was an ordained(任命的) Anglican priest who joined a student bible study group known as Methodists. In 1738 he had a decisive spiritual experience that convinced him that Salvation, the new bit, could be attained by faith alone. Then he began to serve America. In 1784, Wesley and his followers broke away from the Anglican Church and establish their own church. In theory, Wesley rejected Calvinistic notion of predestination. Instead he stressed the cooperative role tht individual played with God in attaining salvation.

a. Baptists b. Methodists
Methodists
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The ten largest Christian denominations
a. Baptists 浸礼教徒
They are members of a protestant church movement characterized by adult or believers. They prefer Congregational(公众) independence, an advocacy of religious freedom, separation of church and state.


c. the Constitution of the U.S.a and the first Amendment insured that American government to guarantee the religious freedom.
1. 2. 3. 4. Government do not meddle in Government supports all religion, no state-supported religion. Respect all religions.
The most important religions in U.S
2. Religious liberty

2.1 the first groups of settler's aims 2.2 The reason for the tradition of religious liberty.
1. A brief introduction to American religions


It is very interesting phenomenon that in such a modernized America, more than 90% of total population say that they believe one religion. Actually, we can say such a modern, advanced society is also a highly religious one! President speech: God bless you and America. the United States has a greater number of religious groups than any other country in the world. This page provides some summary lists of the largest religious groups in the United States.


a. at the very beginning, Roman Catholic church was regarded as a threat to the protestants. b. by the 1950s, it had become one of the ―three faiths‖ with the election of the first Roman Catholic President John F. Kennedy in 1960. The faiths integration into American culture was irreversible.

d. the American Court balances the government.
3. Christianity: Protestants in the United States and Catholics

3.1 What is Protestants? 3.2 the major protestant churches. 3.3 Catholics 3.4 new religious trends.
1. Do American believe religions? 2. How many religions in U.S.A? 3. What are them? List some of the most important!

Contents




1. A brief introduction to American religions 2. Religious liberty 3. Christianity: Protestants in the United States and Catholics 4.Three Faiths 5. Religious diversity 6. American Character of Religion
Where did these Catholics come from?


a. from England b. from Ireland– the great potato famine 1.75 million . c. Eastern European countries
Becoming one of American's ―three faiths‖

3.4
3.5
• Emergency of new forms of business organization, notably bank and corporation.
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Construction of the transatlantic railroad.
Alexander Hamilton
father (1755–1804), founding , Treasury first Secretary of the, partauthor of the Federalist Papers and advocate of a central strong government.
Question for today‘s lesson
Chapter 6 Religion in the U.S
Revision
3. Industrial Revolution
3.1 3.2 3.3
Factory
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American system of mass production Application of new technologies to industrial tasks
―公教”（Catholicism）
路德宗（Lutherans）
加尔文宗（Calvinists）
―胡格诺派”（Huguenot），
圣公会（Anglicans）
浸会（Baptists）
卫理会（Methodists）
3.4 New religious trends.

a. the fundamentalist revival(原教旨主义) b. the proliferation of cults(教派增加) 来自百度文库. the popularity of electronic church d. the New Age movement, the rise of Islam.
2.1 the first groups of settler's aims


a. Jamestown, Virginia,1607 –the first settlement- for seeking fortune. b. Plymouth, Massachusetts,1620 —the second settlement