| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract (Chinese) | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract (English) | 第6-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| Chapter One Religion and Society | 第14-22页 |
| ·Definition of Religion | 第14-18页 |
| ·The Change of Religion’s Environment: Modernization | 第18-22页 |
| Chapter Two Religion’s Reaction to Modernization | 第22-39页 |
| ·The Secularization Paradigm | 第23-29页 |
| ·The Defense against Secularization | 第29-36页 |
| ·The Myth of the European Religion | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three The Persistence of American Religion | 第39-52页 |
| ·The Sacredness of the American Religious Mind | 第40-43页 |
| ·The Intensive Participation of the American Individual | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Social Influence of American Religious Organizations | 第46-52页 |
| Chapter Four Reasons of Religious Persistence : The Divine Market Paradigm | 第52-60页 |
| ·America’s Demand for Religion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Legal Support: Governmental Backup | 第55-57页 |
| ·Sufficient Supply: Religious Pluralism | 第57-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-69页 |
