新教伦理对美国自由民主政治的影响

Ethics of Protestantism to the Free and Democratic Politics in America

在美国殖民地时期 ,新教徒是移民主体 ,新教伦理作为一种宗教学说 ,同时又扮演了政治理论的角色。新教伦理中蕴涵的个人主义 ,在美洲的历史发展为北美自由的民主政治提供了精神因素。新教徒早期的殖民实践、自治精神 ,有助于发展自由、民主思想。新教对北美自由民主的政治文化的形成有着直接的作用 ,并继续成为美国民主政治的动力之一。

During the Period of colonization, Protestants were the main immigrants. As a religious doctrine, ethics of Protestantism played the role of politics theory as well. The individualism involved in the moral principles of Protestantism was the spiritual origin of the free democracy politics of the North America in the development of American history. The thought of free democracy improved during migrating process by the Protestants in their early stage and by the self-government spirit formed during that. Protestantism made a direct influence on the formation of the free democracy political cultures, and continued to be the motivation the American democratic politics.