长期以来,大部分研究哈代的学者大都认为哈代在接受达尔文的进化论之后彻底抛弃了其宗教信仰,成为一位无神论者。哈代在《苔丝》等小说中所表露出来的宗教意识表明:基督教是深深地扎根于哈代的脑海之中,他始终在信徒与叛逆这两个角色之间徘徊,而其宗教思想也始终处于一个复杂、冲突和不断变化的过程中。 For a long time, most of Hardy’s scholars thought that Hardy completely abandoned his religious belief after becoming Darwin’s theory of evolution and became an atheist. The religious consciousness revealed by Hardy in Tess and other novels shows that Christianity is deeply rooted in Hardy’s mind. He always lingers between believers and rebels, and his religious thought has always been In a complex, conflicting and constantly changing process.