试论埃德蒙·伯克的宗教思想

A Discussion of Edmund Burke's Religious Ideas

埃德蒙·伯克是18世纪后期英国最著名的政治理论家。他主张宗教宽容、信仰自由,推崇英国国教制度、教会独立平等。他的宗教思想源于英国人崇尚自由的传统以及伯克对英国传统的推崇。但他不是为了传统而推崇传统,而是为了凝聚人心、维护社会秩序。

Edmund Burke is the most famous political theorist in Britain in the late 18th century.He advocates the freedom of belief,esteems the British national religion systerm,and also believes that the church should enjoy equality among them.His religious ideas come from the free tradition that English people have enjoyed and Burke ＇s esteem of the British tradition.But he esteems the tradition not for the tradition,but for condensing people ＇s heart and maintaining social order.