Religiousreligioushistory•1stBC:RomansintroducedChristianityintoBritain•16thcentury:1)TheReformation英国宗教改革implementedbyHenryVIII,rejectedthesupremacyofthePopeoftheRomanCatholics.2)ThefoundingoftheChurchofEnglandasastatechurch.•16th–17th:formedNonconformistorDissentingchurches(FreeChurches)religioushistory18th—19th:othergroupsfoundedavarietyofNonconformistsects•Before20th:Judausm•1)theonlyimportantnonChristianinbritain•2)AppearduringTheNormanConquest1066•1290:anoutrightexpulsion•19th—20th:BritishsocietyaremoretolerateofJewsTheChurchofEngland•No.1TheChurchofEnglandisthenationalchurchofEngland.ThemonarchistheSupremeGovernoroftheChurchofEnglandandDefenderofthefaith.•No.2ThechurchisbasedonanEpiscopalhierarchyandisdividedintotwoprovinces,ie,Canterbury(坎特伯雷)andYork约克郡).TheChurchofEngland•No.3CanterburyCathedralandWestminsterAbbey(usedfortheCoronation(加冕礼)ofallBritishMonarchswhoarealsotheheadoftheChurchofEnglandaretwonationalshrine(圣地)oftheChurchofEngland.No.4TheHighChurch:favorRomanCatholicismandstressonelaborateritualtraditionNo.5ThelowChurch:moreprotestantandbasesfaithonsimplicityandliteralinterpretationofBibleTheChurchofScotland•No.1TheChurchofScotlandisthesecondestablishedchurchinBritain.•No.2ThechurchofScotlandhasbeenconfirmedbysuccessivelegislationastheofficialnationalchurchinScotland.TheBritishmonarchisanordinarymemberandsweartodefendthesecurityofthechurch.TheChurchofScotland•No.3ThegovernmentoftheChurchofScotlandisPresbyterian(长老教会),whichisgovernedbyordainedministersandelders.•No.4TheChurchofScotlandistheprincipalreligiousgroupinScotland,andhasabout715,000members.•No.5Ithasmanysplits(分支)sciencetheReformation,suchastheFreeChurchofScotland,FreePresbyterianChurchofScotlandandsoontheRomanCatholicChurch•No.1Today,CatholicismiswidelypracticedthroughoutBritainandenjoyscompletereligiousfreedom,expectthatRomanCatholicsareforbiddenfrombecomingmonarch•No.2TheRomanCatholicChurchisthesecondlargestdenominationofChristianity(基督教的)intheUK,withoneoutoftenBritishcitizensclaimingtobeRomanCatholic.TheCatholichierarchyisseparateinEnglandandWales,andScotland.InNorthernIreland,theCatholicChurchinIrelandisthelargestsingledenomination,OtherChristianDenominationssomenonconformist(不墨守成规者)ProtestantsestablishedsomeFreeChurches,suchasMethodistChurch,TheBaptistUnionofGreatBritain,TheUnitedReformChurch,TheSalvationArmy,Quakersandsoon.non-christianchurches非基督徒教会•Non-ChristianChurchesmainlyincludes:Islamism(伊斯兰教)(thefast-growingMuslimcommunitynumbersfrom1.5to2million),Hinduism(印度教)•andsomeotherreligions.:sikhism(锡克教)、buddnism(佛教)thebaha'ifaith(巴哈伊教)religionandpolitics宗教与政治•TheChurchofEngland:aconstitutionalpositioninthelegislature.•TheonlyWesterndemocracytogivereligiousrepresentativestheautomaticrighttositinthelegislature•Becomemorecriticalofgovernmentpolicies•NorthernIreland:deeplyentwinedwithpolitics•Protestants:maintaintheunionwithBritain•RomanCatholics:40%campaignforunionwithIrelandreligioninschoolssecularismthankyou