笛福笔下的鲁滨逊对追求财富的认真态度、对劳动的颂扬、对理性的赞美、对情感的漠视体现了资产阶级创业所需要的资本主义精神,而这又吻合了基督教新教伦理,该伦理下的“天职观”和“禁欲主义”视劳动为寻求上帝恩典的途径,视财富的多少为能否成为上帝选民的标志,崇尚理性,贬斥情感。鲁滨逊追求财富的漂流过程也是其宗教世俗化的精神之旅。 Robinson’s defiant attitude towards the pursuit of wealth, the glorification of labor, the praise of reason, and the disregard of emotions reflected by Defoe’s works embody the capitalist spirit required by the bourgeois venture, which is in line with the Christian Protestant ethic. Ethics under the concept of “vocation” and “asceticism” regard labor as the means of seeking the grace of God, depending on the amount of wealth as a sign of God’s elect, advocating reason and denigrating emotions. Robinson’s pursuit of the rafting of wealth is also a spiritual journey of religious secularization.