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Surprise: World’s Most Committed Christians Are in Africa, Latin America... and the U.S., Survey Finds
震惊:调查发现,全球最忠诚的基督徒在非洲,拉丁美洲……和美国
Michael Foust | ChristianHeadlines.com Contributor | 翻译:Ruth Wei
The world’s most committed Christians reside mostly in Africa, Latin America and the United States – the latter being an outlier among wealthy nations, according to a new Pew Research Center report.
皮尤研究中心的一份新报告称,世界上最忠诚的基督徒分布在非洲,拉丁美洲和美国--后者是富裕国家中的一个特例。
Pew examined 84 countries with large Christian populations and asked self-identified Christians a series of questions to gauge their commitment to their faith. In 35 of those countries, “at least two-thirds of all Christians say religion is very important in their lives,” Pew reported Aug. 22. Among those 35, all but three countries reside in Africa or Latin America. The three exceptions are the United States, the Philippines and Malaysia.
皮尤调查了84个拥有大量基督教徒的国家,并向自我认同的基督徒提出了一系列问题来衡量他们对自己信仰的承诺。 皮尤在8月22日报告说,其中的35个国家中,“至少有三分之二的基督徒认为信仰在他们的生活中非常重要”。在这35个国家中,除三个国家外,其余所有国家都位于在非洲或拉丁美洲。 那三个例外是美国,菲律宾和马来西亚。
The data reflects the “broader pattern of Christianity’s ‘march southward’ from wealthy countries to developing ones,” the Pew report said.
皮尤报告称,这些数据反映了基督教正在“从富裕国家到发展中国家,更大的格局是,由北向南发展”。
The U.S., though, is an “outlier” among wealthy countries in its commitment among self-identified Christians, with 68 percent saying religion is very important in their lives. Among European countries, it’s:
虽然,就自我认同的基督徒委身信仰来说,美国是富裕国家中的“特例”,68%的人认为信仰在他们的生活中非常重要。在欧洲国家中,认为信仰重要的人数分别占据:
? Greece, 58 percent. 希腊,58%;
? Spain, 30 percent. 西班牙,30%;
? Italy, 23 percent. 意大利,23%;
? France, 12 percent. 法国,12%;
? Germany, 12 percent. 德国,12%;
? United Kingdom, 11 percent. 英国,11%。
Ethiopia has the world’s most committed Christians, according to Pew, with 98 percent saying their faith is very important. In the Philippines, it’s 91 percent.
据皮尤称,埃塞俄比亚拥有世界上最忠诚的基督徒,98%的人表示他们的信仰非常重要。 在菲律宾,这一比例为91%。
According to Pew, Africa, Latin America and the U.S. also lead the world’s Christians in daily prayer. In weekly worship attendance, though, the U.S. and most Latin American countries trail Africa. Pew also found, forty-seven percent of American Christians say they attend church at least weekly. In every African country surveyed, that percentage topped 60 percent.
皮尤说,非洲,拉丁美洲和美国也是世界基督徒每日祷告的领导者。 然而,每周的礼拜出席率,在美国和大多数拉美国家都比在非洲要低。 皮尤还发现,47%的美国基督徒表示他们至少每周都会去教堂。 在接受调查的每个非洲国家,这一比例都高达60%。
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