美国文学ReligiousTerms.ppt

1、Religious Terms,Christianity Church of England Protestantism Evangel,evangelical Separatist(“left wing” of Puritanism) Scripture (the books of the Bible),Theology; theologian Theocracy Predestination Atonement/ amendment Salvation; redemption Grace,Religious Terms,Deity Theism Monotheism Polytheism

2、Atheism,Theology,The study of religious faith, practice and experience; especially: the study of God and of Gods relation to the world. A theological theory or system. Involving Textual Interpretation of Scripture/Bible,Theocracy,Government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who

3、 are regarded as divinely guided.,Evangel: Good news, gospel, bringing good news, messenger (From eu-+ angelos),Evangelical Emphasizing salvation by faith in the atoning(=making amends) death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of Scripture(=the books of the Bible), and the im

4、portance of preaching(=delivering a sermon) as contrasted with ritual(=ceremonial act).,Deity: (Sanskrit(deva)heavenly,god 14 c.) (=divinity)the rank or essential nature of a god Deity=God, Supreme Being a god or goddess: the deities of ancient Greece,theism: belief in the existence of a god or gods

5、 (specifically) belief in the existence of one God viewed as the creative source of the human race and the world who transcend yet is immanent in the world (*immanent: inherent; indwelling),Monotheism: the doctrine or belief that there is but one God Polytheism: belief in or worship of more than one

6、 god Atheism: a disbelief in the existence of deity/the doctrine that there is no deity,Predestination,The doctrine that God in consequence of his foreknowledge of all events infallibly guides all those who are destined for salvation. (*infallibly: incapable of error),Atonement,The reconciliation of

7、 God and mankind through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ Christian Science: the exemplifying of human oneness with God,Salvation,also called redemptionin religion, the deliverance of mankind from such fundamentally negative or disabling conditions as suffering, evil, finitude, and death. In so

8、me religious beliefs it also entails the restoration or raising up of the natural world to a higher realm or state. The idea of salvation is a characteristic religious notion related to an issue of profound human concern. *Deliverance: liberation; rescue *Finitude: finite quality or state *Entail: t

9、o imply or involve as a necessary accompaniment,the most primitive is based on belief in the efficacy of ritual magicinitiation ceremonies, such as those of the ancient mystery religions, afford notable examples; salvation by self-effort, usually through the acquisition of esoteric knowledge, asceti

10、c discipline, or heroic death, has been variously promised in certain religionsOrphism, Hinduism, Islm, for example; salvation by divine aid, which has usually entailed the concept of a divine saviour who achieves what man cannot do for himselfas in Christianity, Judaism, Islm. *efficacy: the power to produce an effect *esoteric: private / confidential *ascetic: austere,Means of Achieving Salvation,Grace,in Christian theology, the spontaneous, unmerited gift of the divine favour in the salvation of sinners, and the divine influence opera