Abstract

The secular marriage has been influenced by the Christian views of marriage deeply since the founding of Unite States, however, with the development of the politics, economy and culture, especially the establishing of the world’s only superpower, the influence of the America’s culture and values in the world has increased greatly, which promotes the global dissemination of America secular marriage views and increases its influence. At the same time, the differences between U.S secular view and Christian view of marriage are increasing, so the conflict between them is inevitable. As the history of the Christianity is the process of self-renewal, the Christian views on marriage self-renews unceasingly after suffering the impact and collision of the secular marriage views. This paper makes a comparison on the differences and influence between America current marital status and the Christian views on marriage, the conclusion is that America current marital status will have huge impact and influence on the Christian marriage, which compels the Christianity to self-renew and adapt to secular society and maintain its influence.

Key words:  Christianity, marriage views, America current marital status

摘 要

美国自建国起，其世俗婚姻观就深受基督教婚姻观的影响，但是随着美国社会政治经济文化的不断发展，尤其是其世界唯一超级大国的国际地位的确立，其文化和价值观念国际影响力空前强大，因而促进美国世俗婚姻观在全球的传播和影响力的增强，与此同时，美国世俗婚姻观与基督教婚姻观的差异日益明显，两者之间的冲突不可避免。通过对基督教婚姻观的研究，可看出基督教的婚姻观是在不断地遭受世俗婚姻理念冲击、碰撞后不断地自我更新中发展起来的。本文从美国当前的婚姻状况与基督教婚姻观的差异性和影响力大小的对比中得出，美国当前的婚姻状况将对基督教婚姻观产生巨大的冲击和影响，结果是基督教婚姻观被迫自我更新以适应世俗社会和维护其影响力。

关键词：基督教；婚姻观；美国当前的婚姻

. Introduction
The Christian views on marriage are mainly come from Bible, Canon law and some important synod decisions. The main content contain the criterion of marriage, the purpose of marriage, the meaning of marriage, and the ceremonies and rituals of marriage. The Christian views on marriage had huge influence on the secular marriage since it was established. Countless works stated the influence of the Christian views on marriage on the secular society, but few works (Zhang Lanxin, 2005) stated the influence of the secular marriage on the Christian views on marriage. From the point of the influence of America current marital status to the Christian marriage, this paper firstly tires to give a statement on the development of the Christian views on marriage which is a process of self-renewal though sometimes it is forced by secular marriage view. Then an analysis is given on the differences between America current marital status and Christian views on marriage and the comparisons of the influence of them. Finally a conclusion is made that America current marital status will compel the Christianity marriage view to self-renew.