尘世中的伊甸园--约翰·厄普代克作品中的宗教思想解读

宗教思想贯穿约翰·厄普代克半个多世纪的创作，但他本人和作品中的宗教思想并非一成不变，而是随着美国社会的变迁而发展。分析厄普代克各阶段的作品，能够清晰地梳理出这样的层次：巴特的唯信论——信仰和自我存在的关系——传统宗教的衰落，怀疑上帝的自我中心论——宗教世俗化——精神荒原中的美国人对信仰的探索与反思，逐步走上精神复归之路。

The Garden of Eden on the Earth Religious Views in John Updike's Novels

John Updike,a famous American realistic writer with profound religious thoughts,has an insight into social changes and the development of Christianity in America,which can be inferred from most of his writings.In more than half a century,from Updike's perspective,Christianity in America underwent a tortuous process of first Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics,to waning Christianity,Secularization,and to the rational return of human spirit.