绝对神权与天赋人权——爱德华兹与富兰克林的清教思想比较研究

清教主义对于美国人的思想影响极其巨大.最杰出的清教主义神学家爱德华兹与美国建国前后理想与价值观之父富兰克林分别代表了清教主义的两个方面:在绝对神权崇拜中赎罪和通过自己的善行与自律追求天赋的人权.本文通过对这两种典型思想的产生渊源与本质的分析,揭示了他们之间的差异以及宗教信仰上的延续性.

Absolute Divine Authority and Inborn Human Rights A Comparative Study of Edwards' and Franklin's Puritan Thoughts

Puritanism exercises a great influence on Americans' life and way of thinking.Edwards and Franklin represent respectively the two facets of this religious movement in the New World,conversion and redemption through heart in absolute worship of God as opposed to the pursuit of doing good and material success to reward God's benevolence.This paper exhaustively analyses the sources of their philosophies and concludes that they share a little despite the great differences discovered.