The Religious Preoccupation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.doc

《汤姆叔叔的小屋》中的宗教思想 The Religious Preoccupation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………………...1 Key words……………...…………………………………………………...1 I. Introduction………………………………………………......……….....2 II. The Religion and Stowe…………...………………………………....…..3 1. The religious spirit and activities of Stowe…………...…………….…….3 2. The religious reason of author for writing this book………...……...…….4 3. The religious symbols in this book………………………………………..4 III. Different Characters and Their Religious Activities in the Novel.5 1. Religious spirits and activities of Uncle Tom…………………….....…...…5 2. Eva and religion…………...………………………….…….………......6 3. The Quakers………………….………………………………………....7 IV. The influence of Christian spirit in this book………………………..7 V. Study about the Religious Preoccupation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin………9 VI. Conclusion………………………………………………………….....11 References………………………………………………………….…..….11  The Religious Preoccupation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin Abstract: Upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe for the first time, Abraham Lincoln reportedly said: “so this is the little lady who made this big war”. Harriet Beecher Stowe was really a little lady who made up her lacking of height with influence and success. With the Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe created a sort of characters of religious thoughts. Her radical position on race relations was informed by a deeper religiosity. She also continually emphasized the importance of Christian love in eradicating oppression. In fact, religious preoccupation is the cue throughout this book. It not only represents the nature of many characters, but also affects many other people and changes their view about blacks and slavery even the world. Universal love-caused by Christian spirit makes many slaveholders treat their slaves well even let them free, and also Christian love made most of the slaves love their owner instead of hatred. But those spirits were looked down upon by many scholars and readers. However, the religious preoccupation sh