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1、JIANGSUUNIVERSITYReligioninAmericaandChina学院名称：外国语学院专业班级：英语（研）11姓名学号：戴薇s1100001任课教师姓名：吴庆宏2012年6月ReligioninAmericaandChina英语研11s1100001戴薇Abstract:Whenreligionjumpstolife,itdisplaysastartlingquality.Religionhasbeenlinkingpeopletogetherwhilecreatingandpreservingthei
2、rculture’sworldviewforthousandsofyears.InAmericaandChina,religionsaredifferent.Thispaperwillhavesomedetailinformationtoillustratethemsothatyoucanhaveabriefideaaboutreligioninthem,andthedifferencesbetweenthemandthereasonsforthedifferences.摘要：宗教从出现在人们的生活里,就扮演着重要的角色
3、。宗教通过建立一种文化的世界观把人们紧密地联系起来。在美国和中国，两国宗教不尽相同，本文通过对比两国的宗教，让人们更多地了解宗教，了解两国宗教的具体在哪些方面不同以及引起这些不同原因。Keywords:Religion;America;China1.IntroductionReligionisasetofbeliefsconcerningthecause,nature,andpurposeoftheuniverse,esp.whenconsideredasthecreationofasuperhumanagencyora
4、gencies,usuallyinvolvingdevotionalandritualobservances,andoftencontainingamoralcodegoverningtheconductofhumanaffairs.Itisaspecificfundamentalsetofbeliefsandpracticesgenerallyagreeduponbyanumberofpersonsorsects.Insomehow,itissomethingonebelievesinandfollowsdevoted
5、lyaswell.Mostly,whendefiningreligion,peopletendtoemphasizereligionsasstructuredsocialsystems,institutions,ororganizations.Studyingreligionisveryimportant.Sincethe“great”religionsoftheworldhaveallevolvedinhistorictimes,itmaybeassumedthatanimisticemphasesdominatedt
6、heglobeintheprehistoricera.Insocietieslackinganydoctrinalestablishment,aclosedsystemofbeliefswaslesslikelytoflourishthananopenone.Thereis,however,nogroundforsupposingthatpolytheisticandmonotheisticideaswereexcluded.Butwhatisplaintoday—thatnohistoricallygivencreed
7、hasaninevitableappealtotheeducatedmind—hadscarcelygainedaplaceinscholarlyargumentmorethan100yearsago.7Therearethreegreatworldreligions:Buddhism,Islam,Christianity.BuddhismwasoriginatedinIndiaabout500B.C.bySiddharthaGautama,whowasalsocalledSakyamuni.Itsdoctrineisf
8、oundintheBuddhistScriptures.ItismainlydistributedoverSouthernandEasternAsia.ItssymbolistheLotus.IslamwasfoundedintheArabianPeninsulaintheearly7thcenturybyMoham
