Buddhist
Muslim Hindu Other Christant
The Christians Church
The Catholic ’s Church
J e T s h u e s
The Catholic’s Church The Hinduism
Section③
• The lack of any established national religion in America appealed strongly to European Protestants,whether or not they were being persecuted. Thinking…The attitude---“live and let live”
Before us read
• Do you have belief? Let’s talk about your belief… • Then if you have thought about what might be the reasons that make people go for certain religious beliefs?
Part three
The protestant Heritage:Self-Improvss, Hard work and Self-Discipline
“God helps those who helps themselves.”
• The need for self-improvement,once established,reaches far beyond selfimprovement in this purely moral or religious sense. It can be seen in countless books,which explain how people can be happier and more successful in life by improving everything from their vocabulary to their tennis game,or even their whole personality.
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Rligion in the United States
Part One Section ① The fundamental American belief in individual freedom and the right of individuals to practice their own religion is at the center of religious experience in the United States.
Unit4 Religion in the U.S.A.
• The care of every man’s soul belongs to himself.
• ---Thomoas Jefferson
• To get a general knowledge of religions in America • To learn the role religion plays in American life • To get accquainted with some religious terms on American religious • To learn useful words and expressions concerning religion in the U.S.A. and improve English language skills
• What can religious beliefs bring to people’s life?
Now thinking about this!
Read the quotation by Thomas Jefferson, and What do you think he meant? How could this belief affect religion in the United States?
Part Five
Volunteerism and Humanitarianism
Read the first paragragh…
About Andrew Carnegie...
The Kinds Of American Religions (美国宗教种类比例)图）
Protestant Catholic Jewish
Section ②
• Religion has always played an important role in the history of the United States.The catholic faith was first broght to the North American continent by the Spanish in 1500s.
The protestant on the other hand,instead that all individuals must stand alone before God. Thinking… “priesthood of all believers”
Section ②
• After the protestants broke away from the Catholic Church,they found that they could not agree among themselves about many beliefs.Therefore,the Protestants began to form separate churches,called denominations.
Part Two The Development Protestantism Section①
The Protestant branch of the Christian faith broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in Europe in the sixteenth century because of important differences in religious beliefs.