| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One James Baldwin and Christianity | 第15-24页 |
| 1. Christian Tradition in African American Literature | 第16-18页 |
| 2. James Baldwin's Relationship with Christianity | 第18-24页 |
| Chapter Two Christian Concerns of Suffering and Redemption | 第24-36页 |
| 1. Sense of Inferiority and Suffering in Go Tell It on the Mountain | 第25-28页 |
| 2. Hopelessness and Redemptive Suffering in If Beale Street Could Talk | 第28-32页 |
| 3. Superiority and Redemption in Just Above My Head | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter Three Trajectory of Secular Tendency in the Novels | 第36-51页 |
| 1. Distrust of God in Go Tell It on the Mountain | 第38-42页 |
| 2. Secular Religion of Love in If Beale Street Could Talk | 第42-46页 |
| 3. Spiritual Service outside the Church in Just Above My Head | 第46-51页 |
| Conclusion | 第51-53页 |
| Works Cited | 第53-57页 |
| Appendix | 第57页 |
