Abstract

The improper marriage and family value of contemporary America results in high divorce rate, unmarried cohabitation rate and single family rate. Nowadays, the majority of Americans treat marriage in an individualistic way—shirking responsibility. In another aspect, most Americans are christened and they worship Holy Bible. The marriage and family value in Holy Bible emphasizes that marriage is a law and shall be well maintained, and it’s important to create a harmonious family. The conflict is obvious. Hence, the paper will explore the causes and consequences of the conflict and make a conclusion.
The paper consists of four parts. The first part is the introduction, stating the research background and purpose. The second part discusses the contemporary American marriage and family value. The third part focuses on the deviation of contemporary American marriage and family value from Holy Bible, and it includes four sub-parts: the marriage and family value in Holy Bible; the aspects of deviation; the causes resulting in the deviation; the consequences caused by the deviation. The last part finally comes to the conclusion: the deviation of contemporary American marriage and family value from Holy Bible will exert negative influences on families, children and society.

Keywords: contemporary American; marriage and family value; deviation
 
摘要

当代美国不恰当的婚姻家庭观导致了其高离婚率，也导致了众多未婚同居现象和单身家庭的存在。现如今，大部分美国人处理婚姻家庭问题时带有极强烈的个人主义色彩，习惯于推卸和逃避责任。而另一方面，大部分美国人接受宗教洗礼，尊崇圣经文化。圣经中的婚姻家庭观强调结婚，维持婚姻以及创造和谐家庭的重要性。矛盾显而易见。本文将致力于探究矛盾产生的原因及影响，从而得出结论。
本文由四部分组成。第一部分介绍研究背景以及研究的目的。第二部分就当代美国的婚姻家庭观展开讨论。第三部分着重于当代美国婚姻家庭观与圣经的背离，并由四块内容组成：圣经中的婚姻家庭观；当代美国婚姻家庭观与圣经相背离的方面；背离的原因；背离导致的结果。最后是结论部分，最终得出：为了维持社会和谐稳定，实现社会价值最大化，我们理应怀有一种信仰，并遵照这种信仰，因为它可以帮助我们建立正确的婚姻家庭观，从而减少离婚现象。

关键词：当代美国；婚姻家庭观；背离