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1、英美社会与文化AmericanReligionandbeliefsI.AGeneralDescription1.InEngland,leavingasidetheCatholics,four-fifthsofthepeoplegotochurchlessthanonceamonth,YethalfofAmericanProtestantsareactivechurchmembersandtheyseldomstayawayfromchurches.InEuropescientificandeconomica
2、dvancehavebeenaccompaniedbyadeclineinreligiousobservance(遵守宗教礼仪),butinAmericathishasnothappened.2.Religionformostpeopleisimportantmainlyasameansofgettingtogether.3.TheBillofRightsintheUnitedStatesconstitutioninsistsinitsveryfirstarticlethatthereshouldbenos
3、tatereligion,completefreedomofbeliefhasbeenguardedfromthebeginning.Theconstitutionseemstoimplythatpubliceducationalinstitutionsshouldnotprovidereligiousinstructionaspartoftheregularcurriculum,andtheSupremeCourtdeliveredaruling裁决totheeffectthatreligiousinst
4、ructioninpublicschoolswasagainsttheConstitution.4.Three-FourthsofAmericans(Accordingtoacensusin1990,theUnitedStateshasapopulationof250million,andin2000,281million,nowestimated310million.)believeinvarioussectsofChristianity,andonlyasmallminoritybelieveinoth
5、erbeliefs.5.AlthoughpeopleofBritishoriginarebynowasmallminorityamongforeign-bornAmericans,abouthalfofallAmericanshavealinkwithBritainthroughtheirreligion,thiswellillustratestheBritishinfluenceonAmericanculture.II.Protestantism1.Morethanhalf(anotherfigurepu
6、tsitasthree-fifths,pleasereferto朱永涛,350)oftheAmericansbelieveinProtestantism,butthisisonlyavaguenominationandtherearedistinctchurchesinthislargebranch.Abouttwo-thirdsoftheProtestantsbelongtodenominationswhichhadtheiroriginswhollyormainlyinBritain:Baptists,
7、浸信会Methodists,卫理公会,循道宗Presbyterians长老会(mainlyfromScotland),withmuchsmallernumberofUnitarians(基督教唯一神教派,反对三位一体的说法),SocietyofFriends,贵格会,公谊会andSalvationArmy.救世军,基督教的一种传教国际救助和慈善组织,编制仿部队形式,2.TheBaptists:浸礼会TheBaptistsarethelargestProtestantgroupwith27million(10
8、%ofthepopulation)members,dividedamongmorethan20branchesandconcentratedparticularlyintheSouthernBibleBelt(指南部信仰原教旨主义fundamentalism的地区，如田纳西州周围的各州。美国建国前后，许多人从弗吉尼亚一带即原来的南部地区带状《圣经》移居最南部地区，故有“南部《圣经》地带”之称。).Theblack
