- •Авт.-сост.: е.В.Архипова, и.Н.Гуцко, в.В.Мишота, 2006 уо мгпу, 2006 предисловие
- •Vocabulary
- •Sacred Writings
- •Practicing Religion
- •Some Religious Symbols and Notions
- •Etymology
- •Religion and science
- •Spirituality
- •Text 2 why believe? Modern reasons for adherence to religion
- •Modern reasons for rejecting religion
- •Text 3 Development of religion
- •Present day religious adherence and trends
- •Perception of Nature
- •Role of Religion
- •Major Religions
- •Judaism
- •Christian Tradition
- •Hinduism
- •B uddhism
- •Discuss the questions preceding the text.
- •Select the correct ending to the following statements and explain what areas or countries the other choices are true of.
- •D evelop the following ideas and let your classmates add to what you can say.
- •Text 2.
- •1. Christianity
- •2 . Buddhism
- •3. Islam
- •Hinduism
- •1 . Have you found the answers to all the questions?
- •Write out the vocabulary from the text that can be used as key-words and help you to present the information about the chosen religion. Pay special attention to the specific notions.
- •Roleplay:
- •Text 3. Religious beliefs and international business Opportunities and Liabilities
- •Major Religious Holidays
- •Women in Business
- •Discussion activities
- •F ocus on speaking and writing
- •Unit 3 rreligion in the usa and in the united kingdom text 1
- •What religions are most common in the u.S.?
- •Before you read, decide if the following statements are true (t) or false (f). Discuss your answers with your classmates.
- •F ind some information in the reading that surprises you. Discuss it with your classmates.
- •2. Find a synonym for the word given in the paragraph indicated.
- •3. Circle the letter of the choice that best completes each sentence.
- •Text 2 Religion in the u.S. A
- •3 . After-reading task.
- •Language Focus
- •Read the text carefully. Complete these sentences.
- •Paraphrase or explain the meaning of the following word combinations:
- •5. Discussion.
- •Text 3 State and Church
- •Return to Religion?
- •Freedom of Religious Beliefs
- •Text 4 listening comprehension a national religion
- •Listen to a brief talk on religion in the usa and say if there is an organized national church in that country.
- •Listen to the talk again and answer these questions:
- •Protestantism in America
- •1. Vocabulary Check
- •2. Write t if the statement is true and f if it is false according to the information in the chapter.
- •3 . Questions for Discussion and Composition
- •Close Summary Paragraph. This paragraph summarizes the text. Fill in each blank with any word that makes sense.
- •Text 6 Churches in Great Britain
- •E xplain the meaning of the following words and word combinations. If you don’t know them look them up in the dictionary
- •2 . Work in groups. Read the two texts about religion in the United kingdom attentively and say
- •The Church of England
- •The Church of Scotland
- •The Free Churches
- •The Roman Catholic Church
- •Other Religious Communities
- •Text 7 Festivals of faith
- •Ester Becomes Chocolate Sunday Faith Moves a Mountain
- •Speaking
- •Paganism
- •The development of Byelorussian Orthodox Church
- •Religions In Belarus
- •Law of the Republic of Belarus
- •Chapter 1. General Provisions
- •Chapter 2. Religious Organisations in the Republic of Belarus
- •Chapter 3. Property Status of Religious Organisations
- •Chapter 4. Right of Religious Organisations and Citizens Bound with the Freedom of Religions
- •Chapter 5. Regulations of Labour Relations in Religious Organisations and the Enterprises Created by Them
- •Chapter 6. Ensuring the Observance of the Legislation on the Freedom Religion and Religious Organisations
- •Project work
- •Tours for Orthodox Christianity Followers
- •Tour for Roman Catholicism Followers
- •6 Days/ 5 nights
- •Tours for Judaism Catholicism Followers
- •Text 4 The Development of the Russian Orthodox Church
- •The Russian Orthodox Church Today
- •Russian Orthodox churches
- •Criticism of Religion
- •Warning
- •Social construct
- •Irrationality
- •Intellectual confinements
- •Dogmatism
- •Arbitrary restrictions
- •Eschatologically Irresponsible
- •Moral deficiency
- •Narcissism
- •Religious wars
- •Religious violence
- •Individual religious violence
- •Collective religious violence
3 . After-reading task.
Did you find the answers to the questions given before the text? Discuss the answers with your partner(s).
Language Focus
Read the text carefully. Complete these sentences.
The Constitution forbids the government to …
There are no political parties in the United States that …
Since Americans are free to form and follow any religious belief or religion they wish …
The Roman Catholic church is by far …
Although religion plays an important role in the personal lives of many Americans …
The size of America, the tradition of religious toleration and the separation of church and state by law …
Paraphrase or explain the meaning of the following word combinations:
to hinder the free practice of religion;
periods of religious revivals;
‘fundamentalist’ denominations;
to affect national policies;
to be largely exaggerated;
religious toleration;
extreme variety of religious backgrounds;
the First Amendment.
Fill in the blanks in the paragraph below with the given words:
protestant |
European |
church |
differences |
America |
early |
United |
Christians |
acquired |
Although there are many Christian Churches in the _____ States, the majority of them are Protestant denominations. European protestants broke with the Catholic _____ in the 1500s because of _____ in beliefs. In _____ 1600 most of the _____ settlers who came to _____ were Protestant, and Protestantism _____ the dominant religious influence. The belief in hard work and self-discipline in pursuit of material gain is often referred to as the _____ ethic.
5. Discussion.
What do you think?
are the major differences between religious life in the US and your own country?
is at the center of religious life in the US: the church or the individual?
is America now living through a period of religion revival?
Text 3 State and Church
Looking at religion in the U.S., we are faced with a typically American contradiction. From its very beginnings as a nation, Americans have been extremely careful to separate church and state, religion and government.
The Constitution, specifically the First Amendment, forbids the government to give special favors to any religion or to hinder the free practice of any religion. As a result, there are no church taxes in the United States, nor is there an official state church or a state-supported religion.
There are no legal or official religious holidays. Christmas, for example, is an important religious holiday for Christians. However, Congress cannot proclaim it, or any other religious observance, to be an official or legal holiday. To do so would violate the Constitution.
There are no political parties in the United States that have "Christian" in their names.
There is no longer even the assumption that America is, or should be, "a white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant" (WASP) nation.
Yet, surveys show that religion continues to be quite important to many Americans, especially when compared with people in other countries.