美国宗教分类及介绍-.doc

Relijion in The United States Protestant（新教） Catholic Church(天主教) Judaism(犹太教) Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教) 5.Buddhusm(佛教) Religion in America is very diverse Christian: Protestant 51.3﹪ Catholic 23.9﹪ Other Christian 3.3﹪ Jewish 1.7﹪ Buddhist 0.7﹪ Muslim 0.6﹪ Hindu 0.4﹪ Other 2.0﹪ Unaffiliated 16.1﹪ Christian Beliefs 一．The basic beliefs of the Christian laitn,that Christians from all denominations can agree on,are that: 1.Jesus is God’s son. 2.Jesus came to earth as a baby,lived a perfect life,and died on a cross as a sacrifice for our sins. 3.Jesus will come back again as a King.He will take his followers to live with Him in heaven. Many people in America are deists.They believe that there is a God,but they dont think He is involved in our lives to a great extent.They dont seek God or follow Biblical teachings. Many others in America are practicing Christians.They seek to follow Gods will in their lives and often meet together with other Christians at Church meetings,42﹪ American “go to church”at least once a week. American Character of Religion American with different religions live together under the same law.The Bill of Right of US proved whereis no state religion and that Church and state must be separated. The religions beliefs of American continue to be with social progress.The majority of American pour into the Church every Sunday morning. Every Church in US is completely independent organization and concerned with it own finance and it’s own building.There has been little concentration on doctrine or religious argument.