“样板戏”革命主题的宗教内涵

Religious Connotation of Revolutionary Theme in "Model Drama"

领袖崇拜体现的是世俗社会中民众的政治信仰,耶稣崇拜则是基督教信徒的精神皈依。二者的相似点在于,都认为宇宙存在一个绝对的、无限的、至高无上的创世者。在"文革"期间的崇拜现象中,美的程度以及丑的形成不是如同上述基督教所说的距上帝这一本体之光的远近而定。而是根据敌我双方的阶级立场而划分为彼此对抗性的真善美与假丑恶。"样板戏"革命主题的宗教内涵体现为救赎——牺牲——圣化这一逻辑相关的三个方面。

Worship of leaders embodies the political belief of people in secular society,while the worship of Jesus is the mental belief of Christians.They are similar in that they both believe that there exists an absolute,infinite,and transcendent creator in the universe.In the worship of leaders during the ＂Cultural Revolution＂,the degree of beauty and the formation of ugliness were not decided by the distance from the God as is believed in Christianity but on the standing point of classes.The religious connotation of the revolutionary theme in ＂model drama＂ is given expression in three logically related aspects——salvation,sacrifice and sanctification.