英国宗教

ReligionReligioushistory1stBC:RomansintroducedChristianityintoBritain16thcentury:TheReformation英国宗教改革implementedbyHenryVIII，rejectedthesupremacyofthePopeoftheRomanCatholics.ThefoundingoftheChurchofEnglandasastatechurch.16th–17th:formedNonconformistorDissentingchurches(FreeChurches)18th—19th:theMethodiststheEvangelicalstheBaptists•Judaism犹太教Before20th:theonlyimportantnonChristianAppearduringTheNormanConquest10661290:anoutrightexpulsion19th—20th:tolerantofJewsTheChurchofEnglandCalledTheAnglicanChurch圣公会theActofSettlementof1701SupremeGovernoroftheChurchofEnglandandDefenderoftheFaithBasedonanEpiscopalhierarchy/bishopsHouseofLords:２archbishops+24seniorbishops•TwoProvincesofCanterburyandYork•TheArchbishopofCanterbury:thePrimateofAllEngland,seniorheadofthetwobasedattheCanterburyCathedralinKent•Westminster:theCoronationofallBritishMonarchs•2provinces:CanterburyCathedral/York•44dioceses,bishopincharge•13,000parishes,apriestincharge•Broadchurch•HighChurch:RomanCatholicism•LowChurch:moreProtestant20%Anglo-Catholic/theHighChurch80%Evangelicalwing/theLowChurchIn1992approvetheordinationofwomen47%Anglican1/3marriageinAnglicanChurchAmillionpeoplearechurch-goersTheChurchofScotland•1560,theChurchofScotland,createdbyJohnKnox•Presbyterianism:thechurchisgovernedbyordainedministersandelectedelders(whoarelaymemberofthechurch)TheRomanCatholicChurch•ThesecondlargestdenominationofChristianityintheUK•1/10RomanCatholic•7provinces:4inE,2inS,1inW•Archbishops•29diocese•3000localparishesReligionandPolitics•TheChurchofEngland:aconstitutionalpositioninthelegislature.•TheonlyWesterndemocracytogivereligiousrepresentativestheautomaticrighttositinthelegislature•Becomemorecriticalofgovernmentpolicies•NorthernIreland:deeplyentwinedwithpolitics•Protestants:maintaintheunionwithBritain•RomanCatholics:40%campaignforunionwithIreland