|
The Bible Belt (''De Bijbelgordel'' in Dutch) is the name given to a strip of land in the Netherlands, after the Bible Belt of the United States. The belt is inhabited by a large number of conservative Protestants. The Bible Belt stretches from Zeeland, through the West-Betuwe and Veluwe, to the northern parts of the province Overijssel. However, some communities with strong conservative Protestant leanings are situated outside the belt. For example, Urk, considered by many as one of the most traditional communities in the country, and some municipalities of Friesland have characteristics typical of the Bible Belt. Other places in this area are Yerseke, Tholen, Ouddorp, Opheusden, Kesteren, Barneveld, Nunspeet, Elspeet and Staphorst. The three biggest cities regarded to be part of the Bible Belt are Ede, Veenendaal and Kampen. ==History== (詳細はFlanders and North Brabant were reconquered by the Spanish army during the Eighty Years' War, their Protestant inhabitants were required to either convert to Catholicism or leave. Many emigrated north of the border, particularly during the Twelve Years' Truce of 1609–21. Many of them later became staunch supporters of the pietist movement known as the ''nadere reformatie'' (further reformation). Following the 1832 schism, known as the ''Afscheiding'' (“Secession”) and the 1886 schism, ''Doleantie'' (“Sorrow”) which was led by Abraham Kuyper, they left the mainstream Dutch Reformed Church and founded their own, more conservative congregations, the most notable of which are the Christian Reformed Churches, the Restored Reformed Church and the Reformed Congregations (“Gereformeerde Gemeenten”), known colloquially as ''zwarte-kousenkerken'' (“black stockings churches”). The Bible Belt differs in many aspects (amongst them a regular Sunday church attendance – often twice on a Sunday) from the traditionally Catholic provinces of North Brabant and Limburg to the south (where Sunday church attendance averages between 2% to 3% 〔 Jolanda Massaar-Remmerswaal, drs. Joris Kregting ( “Kerncijfers 2007 uit de kerkelijke statistiek van het Rooms-Katholiek Kerkgenootschap in Nederland,” ) Rapport nr. 581 (Kaski, November 2008). (Figures Roman Catholic Church for 2008. )〕 of the population) and northern parts of the Netherlands, which are traditionally mainline Protestant (dominated by the Protestant Church in the Netherlands〔 ("Kerncijfers 2007," ) Radbound Universiteit Nijmegen, KASKI, Onderzoek, Cijfers overige kerkgenootschappen. (an overview of key figures including Sunday (weekend) church attendance for the Protestant Church in The Netherlands for the year 2007. )〕) and increasingly secular, with similarly low church attendance figures. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bible Belt (Netherlands)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|