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1、Chapter4ReligionPartTwoAmericanReligionLearningFocusChristianityWASPNationalReligionSelf-improvementIndividualismVolunteerismIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeforeYouReadWarm-upWhatisthemostpopularreligionintheUnitedStates?_____________________________DoAmericanshaveanofficialnationa

2、lreligion?_____________________________WhatareAmericanValues?_____________________________IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureReligiousDiversityIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureJudaismHinduism“Forweknowthatourpatchworkheritageisstrength,notaweakness.WeareanationofChristiansandMusli

3、ms,JewsandHindus--andnon-believers.Weareshapedbyeverylanguageandculture,drawnfromeveryendofthisEarth.”…ChristianityThreemajorreligionsintheworldChristianityIslamBuddhismBelieveinGodReadtheBibleTheRomanCatholicChurchTheEasternOrthodoxChurchTheProtestantChurchIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanC

4、ultureChristianityThreemajorreligiousgroupsintheU.S.ProtestantCatholicJewishIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureAmericancultureisbasedonChristianity.Protestantism16thcentury:theReformation1620:theMayflower1776:TheIndependenceoftheU.S.A.1790:thefirstcensusheld--90%wasWASP(WhiteAnglo-Saxon

5、Protestant)IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureChristianFestivalsChristmasOrigin:CelebratingthebirthofJesusChristSymbols:ChristmascarolsMidnightMassEasterOrigin:CelebratingtheresurrectionofJesusChristSymbols:EastereggsEasterBunnyIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTherulingconcept:The

6、separationofchurchandstateChurchandtheAmericanSocietyReligiousinfluenceExamplesEducationPoliticsMilitarySocialwelfareClergyusedtobethepresidentsoffamousuniversitiesinAmerica.TheremustbeapositionforclergyintheAmericanCongress.Amemberoftheclergyisalwaysfollowinganarmytothebattlefield.Churches

7、providefood,healthcareandsheltersforthepeopleinneed.IntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNationalReligionTheU.S.A.hasnostatechurch.NationalPatriotismReligionNationalReligionIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeliefsandValuesSelf-improvementandmater