美国宗教 Religion.pptVIP

美国宗教 Religion 今天的美国，每10个人中就有9个人自称相信上帝，有8个人认为宗教对他们的生活非常重要，有7个人属于某个宗教组织，有大约6个人每天祈祷，有一半以上的人认为上帝是美国民主的道德引导力量，有4个人每周去教堂，以及有30多万座教堂寺庙遍及美国城乡 345页 一、American attitudes 态度towards religion 1、Every Sunday morning all over American ,people pour into涌进 the churches. Yet half of American Protestant（是16世纪脱离天主教而形成的，叫新教徒（基督教徒）are active church members, and there are few who habitually习惯地 stay away外出.(在美国宗教中，基督教（新教）教徒最多，约有1.56亿人，占美国总人口的57%。) 349页 Ninety-five per cent of adults declared 宣称that they were religious believers and identified参与 with some specific religious group. Six out of seven teenagers年青人 expressed belief in God. And a majority大多数人 said that their religious belief was becoming stronger as they grew older. Three-quaeters said that they went to church at least once a month. 345页 2、Not only the Catholic天主教 churches but also the Protestant 基督教（新教）ones too are flourishing兴旺的, and new church buildings,some with interesting architecture建筑, keep pace 齐头并进with the ever-growing不断扩大的 suburbs.（新的教堂，有的建筑式样非常引人注目，随着郊区的不断扩大而相应发展。） 345页 3、Though all the social社会 and economic经济 changes, religion has remained 保持a constant 恒久不变factor.（尽管社会和经济方面变化很大，但宗教信仰却保持不变）Candidates候选人 for election to political offices de well to indicate表示 some religious loyalty忠诚.（竞选政府官员的候选人如果向选民表示自己信仰某一宗教，他就能获得更多的选票。) 357页 For example: As President, Richard Nixon尼克松 had the evangelist 巡回布道者Billy Graham appear 出现beside him on suitable合适的 occasions场合. Hubert Humphrey campaigned 发起…运动for“the brotherhood 兄弟会of man under the fatherhood父亲身份 of God”. 357页 Jimmy Carter was a Baptist浸礼宗 preacher布道者. During his campaign运动 for the Democratic民主党 nomination提名 in 1976, he brought religion frequently经常 into his speeches, and at one time said that he prayed 祈祷or thought about God twenty-five times a day. His religious devoutness虔诚 and apparent 表面上的sincerity 忠诚appear 显现to have had some part in his success in winning votes选票 in the primary elections. 350页 4、Americans give money very generously慷慨地 to their churches, and take