文化课3 ppt.ppt

Quiz 1 What are the 6 traditional American values? Among the 6 values, which one, in your view, is the most important? Why? Quiz 1 Although Americans provide a lot of financial support to people in need through charities (慈善机构) or government programs, they expect that help to be short-lived (短期的). Why? Try to explain this from the perspective of traditional American values. The American Religious Heritage The care of every man’s soul belongs to himself. ---- Thomas Jefferson Lead-in Questions What are the major religions in China? How about the US? What religion is most popular? What’s the function of religions? Is a man born with sin or without sin? Why do western people celebrate “Christmas”? Do many Americans believe in God ? Do Americans have a national religion? How has religion shaped American values ? Sayings related to Religion The Book. God knows. // My God. Go to hell. (heaven, hell) Noah’s Ark the apple of one eye God helps those who help themselves. Sayings related to Religion The care of every man’s soul belongs to himself. God bless America. (song) May God bless the grieving families, and may God continue to bless America. (Space Shuttle Columbia. Feb.1, 2003) Main Contents Freedom of religion: Religious diversity in US The development of Protestantism The Protestant heritage Sept.11, 2001 ＆the national religion Freedom of religion: Religious diversity in US (mosque, church) Freedom of religion: Religious diversity in US (cathedral) Freedom of religion: Religious diversity in US (chapel, synagogue) Freedom of religion: Religious diversity in US (temple) Freedom of religion in the US: religious diversity in US The belief in individual freedom and individual right → to practice one’s own religion is at the center of religious experience in the US. The great ethnic diversity →cultural pluralism , and religious pluralism; almost all of the religions of the worl