试论乔纳森·爱德华兹的宗教思想

On Religious Thoughts of Jonathan Edwards

乔纳森·爱德华兹在领导美国殖民地时期大觉醒运动的过程中,通过上帝的至高无上性、宗教情感论、千禧年主义和经济理论四个方面的宗教思想对人们进行布道,试图改变基督教信仰日益淡漠的问题。他的宗教思想唤醒了人们的宗教热情,改善了北美殖民地的道德水平,为美国革命奠定了理论基础,并在一定程度上促进了北美殖民地经济的发展。

Leading the Great Awakening during the colonial period in USA,Jonathan Edwards preached through four aspects of religious thoughts,namely,the unchallengeable supremacy of God,the theories of Religious Affections,the Millenarianism and the economic theories,and tried to solve the problem that people had become indifferent to Christianity.His religious thoughts have aroused the individual enthusiasms to religion,improved the moral standards in North America and built up the theoretical base for American Revolution as well as promoted the colonial economic development in North America.