Ethnicity and Religion

Chapter 5

Chapter Overview

I. IntroductionII. ReligionIII. EthnicityIV. Ethnicity, Religion, &

Social ClassV. Religion in the U.S.VI. Review

I. Introduction

A. “Quiz”B. Ethnicity & Religion: Significant

Self-ConceptsC. Religious Tolerance on a

ContinuumD. Major Religions of the World

I. Introduction

A. “Quiz”B. Ethnicity & Religion: Significant

Self-ConceptsC. Religious Tolerance on a

ContinuumD. Major Religions of the World

1. The largest ancestral group in America is German.

True

2. Americans still discriminate against the Roman Catholic Church,

even though it has a membership of 50 million in

the United States.

True

3. There are about 39 million Irish Americans while only 4 million Irish live in Ireland.

True

4. Sunday Church meetings are arguably “the most segregated hour of the

week.”

True

5. Due to the secularization of American society,

religious institutions are losing ground.

False

6. TV and movies depict religious characters as more successful than nonreligious

characters.

False

7. Ethnic interest decreases with every generation after

immigration.

False

8. Americans who want to identify with their heritage use time-honored ethnic

traditions.

False

9. When African Americans were gaining respect in the 70s, the mass media was

still ridiculing white ethnics.

True

10. “WASP” is still the desirable religious and

ethnic designation.

True

I. Introduction

A. “Quiz”B. Ethnicity & Religion: Significant

Self-ConceptsC. Religious Tolerance on a

ContinuumD. Major Religions of the World

Y.J.U.: What is your ethnicity?

Y.J.U.s: Classroom Census of Nationality & Religion

Y.J.U.: My Ethnicity is special.

Y.J.U.: Why or why not?

Y.J.U.: Being an American is

Special.

Y.J.U.: Why or Why not?

Y.J.U.: What is your religion?

Y.J.U.s: Classroom Census of Nationality & Religion

Y.J.U.: My Religion is special.

Y.J.U.: Why or why not?

I. Introduction

A. “Quiz”B. Ethnicity & Religion: Significant

Self-ConceptsC. Religious Tolerance on a

ContinuumD. Major Religions of the World

I. Introduction

A. “Quiz”B. Ethnicity & Religion: Significant

Self-ConceptsC. Religious Tolerance on a

ContinuumD. Major Religions of the World

B. Major Religions of the World

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of FactsC. Mapping Religions in the US

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of FactsC. Mapping Religions in the US

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of Facts

1. Another continuum2. Religion is always changing3. Over 15,000 religious bodies4. Age & church or synagogue

membership

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of Facts

1. Another continuum2. Religion is always changing3. Over 15,000 religious bodies4. Age & church or synagogue

membership

A Continuum of Religious Groups

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of Facts

1. Another continuum2. Religion is always changing3. Over 15,000 religious bodies4. Age & church or synagogue

membership

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of Facts

1. Another continuum2. Religion is always changing3. Over 15,000 religious bodies4. Age & church or synagogue

membership

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of Facts

1. Another continuum2. Religion is always changing3. Over 15,000 religious bodies4. Age & church or synagogue

membership

Age and Church or Synagogue Membership

II. Religion

A. Roots of PrejudiceB. A Lot of FactsC. Mapping religions

Predominance of Religions in America by Counties

III. Ethnicity

A. Ethnicity is a social constructB. Rediscovering ethnicityC. Third Generation PrincipleD. Symbolic EthnicityE. Ethnic paradox

III. Ethnicity

A. Ethnicity is a social constructB. Rediscovering ethnicityC. Third Generation PrincipleD. Symbolic EthnicityE. Ethnic paradox

III. Ethnicity

A. Ethnicity is a social constructB. Rediscovering ethnicityC. Third Generation PrincipleD. Symbolic EthnicityE. Ethnic paradox

III. Ethnicity

A. Ethnicity is a social constructB. Rediscovering ethnicityC. Third Generation PrincipleD. Symbolic EthnicityE. Ethnic paradox

III. Ethnicity

A. Ethnicity is a social constructB. Rediscovering ethnicityC. Third Generation PrincipleD. Symbolic EthnicityE. Ethnic paradox

III. Ethnicity

A. Ethnicity is a social constructB. Rediscovering ethnicityC. Third Generation PrincipleD. Symbolic EthnicityE. Ethnic paradox

IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. BigotryB. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. Bigotry1. Respectable bigotry2. Ethnic prejudice3. Class prejudice4. Ethclass

B. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. Bigotry1. Respectable bigotry2. Ethnic prejudice3. Class prejudice4. Ethclass

B. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. Bigotry1. Respectable bigotry2. Ethnic prejudice3. Class prejudice4. Ethclass

B. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. Bigotry1. Respectable bigotry2. Ethnic prejudice3. Class prejudice4. Ethclass

B. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. Bigotry1. Respectable bigotry2. Ethnic prejudice3. Class prejudice4. Ethclass

B. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. BigotryB. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

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IV. Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

A. BigotryB. Religion and IncomeC. Greeley’s Research

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and PolygamyD. A bunch of facts, if we have time

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and PolygamyD. A bunch of facts, if we have time

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and PolygamyD. A bunch of facts, if we have time

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and PolygamyD. A bunch of facts, if we have time

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and Polygamy

1. How come?2. LDS Scripture3. The Manifesto

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and Polygamy

1. How come?2. LDS Scripture3. The Manifesto

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and Polygamy

1. How come?2. LDS Scripture3. The Manifesto

The 12th Article of Faith

We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and Polygamy

1. How come?2. LDS Scripture3. The Manifesto

The ManifestoOct 6, 1890

OFFICIAL DECLARATION—1To Whom It May Concern:

Press dispatches having been sent forPolitical purposes, from Salt Lake City,which have been widely published, to the effect that the Utah Commission, intheir recent report to the Secretary ofthe Interior, allege that pluralmarriages are still being solemnizedand that forty or more such marriageshave been contracted in Utah since lastJune or during the past year,

also that in public discourses theleaders of the Church have taught,encouraged and urged thecontinuance of the practice of

polygamy—

One case has been reported, in which the parties allege that the marriage was performed in the Endowment House, in Salt Lake City, in the Spring of 1889, but I have not been able to learn who performed the ceremony; whatever was done in this matter was without my knowledge. In consequence of this alleged occurrence the Endowment House was, by my instructions, taken down without delay.

Inasmuch as laws have been enacted by Congress forbidding plural marriages, which laws have been pronounced constitutional by the court of last resort, I hereby declare my intention to submit to those laws, and to use my influence with the members of the Church over which I preside to have them do likewise.

There is nothing in my teachings to the Church or in those of my associates, during the time specified, which can be reasonably construed to inculcate or encourage polygamy; and when any Elder of the Church has used language which appeared to convey any such teaching, he has been promptly reproved. And I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land.

WILFORD WOODRUFFPresident of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

President Lorenzo Snow offered the following:

“I move that, recognizing Wilford Woodruff as the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the only man on the earth at the present time who holds the keys of the sealing ordinances, we consider him fully authorized by virtue of his position to issue the Manifesto which has been read in our hearing, and which is dated September 24th, 1890, and that as a Church in General Conference assembled, we accept his declaration concerning plural marriages as authoritative and binding.”

The vote to sustain the foregoing motion was unanimous.

Salt Lake City, Utah, October 6, 1890.

V. Religion in the United States

A. Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court: Big Discussion (text p. 141)

B. Civil ReligionC. Mormonism and PolygamyD. A bunch of facts, if we have time

Most segregated hour of the weekRoman CatholicsWhite ethnicsLife chancesWomen in the clergyThe AmishCreationists

Religion is always changing.Examples:

Those who believe in angelsPromise KeepersFaith hopping

58% of the American public claim to be religious, but only 5% of TV programming shows religious characters or addresses religious plots.

• The media portrays the clergy and religious persons predominantly in a negative light (i.e., as comical or fanatical).

Adult Population Membership Breakdowns:

Protestants = 58%Roman Catholics = 25%Jews = 2%

•U.S. Churches’ Gains and Losses in the Last 10 Years

About 70% of Americans are church members.

Q: How many are active?Q: Are new members

keeping numbers high?

• Conclusion: We don’t know if religion is growing or shrinking