美国的宗教信仰之谜:探析《圣洁百合》中的公民宗教  

The Mystery of American Religious Faith: An Investigation of Civil Religion in In the Beauty of the Lilies

作　　者：孙璐[1] Sun Lu

机构地区：[1]上海外国语大学英语学院,上海201600

出　　处：《四川大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》2020年第3期45-53,共9页Journal of Sichuan University：Philosophy and Social Science Edition

基　　金：上海市哲学社会科学基金规划课题一般项目“后冷战时代美国小说与民族性再建构研究”(2017BWY015)。

摘　　要：一直以来,美国所秉持的政教分离原则使宗教与国家及个人保持着若即若离的微妙关系,美国的宗教信仰同时兼具"神圣性"与"世俗性",呈现出公民宗教的诸多特点,其与个人及社会的关系也成为美国文学长久以来关注的焦点。约翰·厄普代克的《圣洁百合》就通过描写一家四代在20世纪不同时期的不同经历,讲述了正统基督教的衰微、爱国主义式宗教的滥用、电影的宗教化崇拜等问题及其对个人和国家的影响,展现出公民宗教在美国社会和个人生活中扮演的独特且重要的角色。On account of the separation of church and state in the U.S., religion always maintains a special relationship with the nation as a whole and with each individual. Absorbing both the sacred and the secular elements, American religious faith manifests some features of civil religion, whose relationship with individual and society has drawn close attention from American literature for a long time. Through chronicling four generations’ different life experiences in the 20 th century, John Updike’s novel In the Beauty of the Lilies dramatizes the decline of orthodox Christianity, the distortion of patrioticized religion, the cult of cinematic religion as well as their respective influences on personal life and the whole country, exemplifying the distinctive and significant role civil religion has played in American society and individual’s life.

关 键 词：美国 宗教信仰 公民宗教 约翰·厄普代克 《圣洁百合》 

分 类 号：I712[文学—其他各国文学] B978[哲学宗教—宗教学]