基督教对英语文化的影响论文(英文版)

As is known to us all, there are three main religions in the world, which includes Christianity, Islam, and buddhism. In a sense, these three religons including many followers exert a great influence on human-beings around the world. For many people, the belief in these religions has been incorporated into their daily lives. Whenever they awake from their dream and wherever they go to, they wil never forget to worship their Gods. How powerful the religion is! When it comes to some western countries, we have to focus on the significant religion----Christianity. The reason why we should refer to Christianity in this situation is that not only does it offer the spirit guide to many westerners, but also it can help us to comprehend these countries deeply. Also, Christianity can Be found everywhere in western world, espicially for politcs , economy, culture and society. The western politics is formed in the process of western culture.Therefore ,there is a close connection between Christianity and western politics from the very beginning. If you read books about western politics, you will know that some priciples used in western countries is derived from Christianity. For instncance, the concept of freedom and equality, dmocracy, and political structure.At the very begining, inspired by Christianity ,many people dare to venture their lives to fight with tyrant and appeal for freedom .Since Christianity became the state religion of Roman Empire, it had turned into a kind of official ideology. At that time, great changes have taken place in different areas of this country. it is a milestone in the history of Roman Empire. Since then, the religious system of Roman changes from polytheism to monotheism. The ruler makes full use of the religion to strengthen his regime. At the same time, what the average people have to do is to submit to the doctrines that serves the emperor. Thus, there is no doubt that Christianity and western politics is inseperable at any time.First of all,Human rights and democracy play an important part in the field of today’s politics in western countries. In other words, it is the foundation of western political civilization. At present, a handful of people think that the idea of human rights and democracy must trace back to Greek and roman cultures. However, it is Christianity that promotes the development of these ideas. Although not a single of these items does Christian put forward, we can find the core content in Christianity. When we read Deuterononomy in the Holy bible, we will see the sentences like“If your fellow Hebrew, whether male or female, is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free. ”and “If you set them free, you must not sendthem away empty-handed. You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress—as the L ORD your God has blessed you, you must give to them.”As you can see, from the doctrine of the Holy bible, a great importance has been attached to hunma rights. This is the reason why people claim that these valuable ideas come from Christianity. What is more, thanks to the ideas in the Holy bible, many people in western countries seek ways to overturn the Monarchy and colonists. In the past, People in British created the constitutional monarchy to guarantee human rights and democracy. People in france also overturnde the king and established a system called bourgeois republic. After getting rid of the british rule, in order to gurantee human rights of American people, they enacted the Declaration of Independence. In this official document, we will find the sentences like “We hold these truths to be self-evident,that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,that among these are Life,Liberty and the pursui t of Happiness. --That to secure these rights,Governments are instituted among Men,deriving th eir just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,and to institu te new Government,laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such for m,as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”This document is designed in the name of god and highlights the necessity of equality and other human rights that god gives them all. The political system goes very well in America at earlier time, with Christianity involved. Futhermore, the idea of original sin in Christianity also offers us a way to understand democracy in western politics. With few exceptions, the monarchy in western countries do not have absolute power like the emperor in China throughout the western history. That is, the power of the monarchy is limited by the church. They believe that everyone in the world has original sin after Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruits in the Garden of Eden. So no one can become a ruler who overtops the others because all men need to be saved by the only God. Naturally, with the help of the idea, western politics heads toward the progress of democracy.Secondly, the author wants to talk about the relationship between Christianity and dual political concept. Some enlightenment occurs to our mind at the moment we think of the words “Caesar’s to Caesar, god’s to God.” It contains the meaning that the division of secular rights and religious authority. In Middle Ages, it was widely believed that secular rights needed to be approved by religious authority, which was important for a king who wants to come into power. In daily life, the king had to pay a great tribute to pope, the representative of God in the world. Hence, there happened the corruption of Vatican because of his absolute power. Accordingly, the civilian suffered from the exploit from the community, the king and the pope. With the development of the western society, pope has no longer had the power to contral the king. It advances the progress of the social reform and prosperity. Compared with the dark ages, we can see that great changes has been made. Nowadays, there also have many regimes that belong to the unification of the state and the church in the Middle East. This kind of system does not promote the countries to prosperity. On the contrary, it brings them the conflict between different denominations. For example, the contradiction between Shiah and Sunite. For the modern western countries, they do not need to worried about that. The religion has no connection to politics , so they have an effective government. The idea of original sins enable western countries to divide the absolute power to several parts. In America, president, congress ,and suprem court are the essence of the country. It makes it certain that the power will not be abused. In this political framework, people have the opportunity to participate in the current affairs of the government. In conclusion, we have to prevent government from the control of the religion, but we should admit the value of Christianity.。