宗教极端主义严重危险社会和世界的和平与安全,给人们带来不安的影响。霍桑在短篇小说《温顺的男孩》中详细地描述了早期美国新教徒对贵格会教徒实施的具有宗教极端主义性质的残酷迫害。他在文中明确地主张宗教信徒对待宗教应该理性地虔诚,而不是放纵地狂热,本文的目的就是探讨霍桑在该文中表达的理性宗教观。 Religious extremism poses a grave risk to the peace and security of society and the world, with disturbing effects on the population. Hawthorne described in detail in his short story “gentle boy” the brutally persecuted religious extremism persecuted by early American Protestants against the Quaker. In his essay, he explicitly advocated that religious believers should rationally devoutly treat religions rather than indulgently. The purpose of this article is to explore Hawthorne’s rational religious view expressed in the article.