凯撒的亦归上帝?——特朗普胜选与美军宗教冲突

Render unto God what is Caesar's?——Trump's Election Victory and Religious Conflicts in the U.S. Military

人口的世代更迭与日益加重的自由主义倾向带来了美国社会宗教信仰的相对衰落,这种衰落在美国军队中诱发了新教保守势力的群体性焦虑和军教合一思潮的反弹。由于美国军队尚未建立管理信仰问题的有效机制,信仰冲突不仅成为美军建设与管理的隐患,而且成为影响军队内部安定团结和军心士气的重大问题。美国军队中保守教派与其他宗教群体及无信仰群体之间的冲突,为美国保守政治势力提供了动员能量,助推了特朗普的成功当选。

During the United States Presidential Election of 2016,Trump received widespread criticism for his improper attitude toward military honor. Compared with Republican presidential candidates since at least 2004,Trump had a significantly fairly low support rate from the military community. But he still secured support from the majority of the U.S. military. Demographic and generational transition as well as increasingly strong tendency toward liberalism have led to a general decline of religion in American society.This decline,in turn,has given rise to collective anxiety among the religious conservatives,especially the conservative protestants. In the U. S. Armed Forces,this has also created a strong base for the creation of'God's army.'The U. S. military has failed to institutionally address the spiritual conflicts among service members with and without religious faiths. These conflicts are becoming increasingly detrimental to the internal coherence,management,and morale of the U. S. military. The spiritual conflicts between the religious conservatives and others created mighty political force,and in part led to Trump's victory.