三重文化视野下莫里森的上帝观及其小说中的上帝形象

On Toni Morrison's View of God and the Image of God in Her Novels

莫里森具有三重文化身份——美国人、黑人、女人,在美国文化、黑人文化、女性文化的交织与碰撞中,莫里森确立了自己的身份,形成了鲜明的上帝观。她的上帝观既有对传统基督教的继承又有对抗,同时融合了黑人宗教、女性神学的特征,在她的小说中既有黑人上帝的形象也有女性上帝的形象。究其实质是莫里森的一种政治书写策略,其目的是要还原基督教之上帝所代表的真正的"正义"和"爱",建立一个兼顾个人与群体利益、超越种族和性别界限、代表人类共同愿望、具有无限包容性和宽容性的和谐之上帝。

As an African American woman, Toni Morrison＇s view of God is formed against the background of three cultures — American culture, black culture and women＇s culture. On the one hand, she inherits the core concepts of traditional Christianity like love and justice; on the other hand, she contests it as to the image of God. Morrison＇s view of God has remarkable features of black religion and feminist theology, which serves as a strategy of her political writing. It aims to restore a genuine God of harmony which represents genuine ＂justice＂ and ＂love＂, integrates individual and collective interest and goes beyond the boundary of race and sex.