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Solution to "Similarities and differences as to the importance and practice of religion in the USA and Germany"

When looking at the importance and the practice of religion in the USA and Germany one can discern a number of similarities in the two states.
The most obvious is that the mainstream religions, such as Catholics and Protestants are the same, and that Sunday is the day of the main church service. Furthermore, the different churches provide humanitarian aid when there is a national emergency or they give help to the poor. In the same way the churches often help their own communities on a local scale e.g. through running hospitals, kindergartens and soup kitchens.
But when taking a closer look one can also find aspects in which the two countries differ. In the US there is a greater variety of religious groups, consequently a greater range of choice is offered to the believers to pick the denomination that suits them best. With changing needs the Americans are also likely to change faith in their lifetime more often than Germans. Another aspect is that church attendance is much higher in the US than in Germany due to the fact that Americans practice their religion more actively, but also because religious education is done in Sunday schools as the state is forbidden by law to provide it in the usual state school curriculum. One last result of the great variety of denominations in the US is that concerning social and moral matters the different churches often disagree with each other, leading to heated debates, but in politics their influences usually neutralize each other.

Klausur 28.11.2011

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