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基督教虽然主导着美国人的精神信仰,但却一直防范着源自各方的威胁。1849年华人移民之前的孔子就是这样一个被宗教媒体建构而成的例子。尽管孔子尚未随着华人的涌入而渗透到美国的日常生活,从而形成动摇基督教地位之势,美国的宗教舆论已经未雨绸缪,展开宣传攻势,将孔子塑造为在个人经历、社会价值和受欢迎程度等方面均逊色于耶稣基督的思想家。此举虽然印证了孔子自古就有的跨文化影响力,其主要目的却在于凸显耶稣以及基督教的无比优越性,巩固美国社会的基督教情结。以这种特殊的方式,孔子加入到了美国基督教的正统化进程之中。
Although Christianity dominates the spiritual beliefs of Americans, it has always prevented the threat from all sides. Confucianism before the Chinese immigrants in 1849 was one such example constructed by the religious media. Although Confucius has not infiltrated the daily life of the United States with the influx of Chinese people, thus creating a tendency to shake the status of Christianity, the religious opinion of the United States has taken precautions to launch a publicity campaign to shape Confucius as an individual in terms of personal experience, social values and popularity And so inferior to the thinkers of Jesus Christ. Although this move confirms the cross-cultural influence Confucius has had since ancient times, its main purpose is to highlight the incomparable superiority of Jesus and Christianity and to consolidate the Christian complex in American society. In this particular way, Confucius joined the orthodox process of American Christianity.