从《圣洁百合》看美国社会宗教变迁

Religious changes in John Updike's In the Beauty of the Lilies

结合小说《圣洁百合》中威尔莫特一家四代人的生活和信仰状况,解读20世纪以来美国宗教出现的信仰危机、宗教世俗化、宗教私人化和邪教现象以及这些宗教问题出现的原因,及其产生的重大社会影响。

With the development of society,the American religion also undergoes great changes.Religion becomes unable to meet the spiritual needs of people,which result in spiritual emptiness and loneliness among people.Naturally,it brings about many social problems which are also the main concern in John Updike＇s works.By examining the lives and religious beliefs of the Wilmots,this essay is going to analyze the reason and its great social effects of religious revolution in the 20th century,such as religious crisis,secularization,privation and cult.