| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| CONTENTS | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第13-23页 |
| ·Overview | 第13-20页 |
| ·General Features of American Religious Development in the 19~(th) and 20~(th) Century | 第13-18页 |
| ·E.L.Doctorow and City of God | 第18-20页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第20-23页 |
| CHAPTER 2 RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS REFLECTING THEPOSTMODERN SPIRIT IN CITY OF GOD | 第23-41页 |
| ·The American Religious Pluralism—Protestant-Catholic-Jew Triple Melting Pot | 第23-34页 |
| ·The Loss of the Cross | 第24-29页 |
| ·The Symbolism of the Cross | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Disappearance and Reappearance of the Cross | 第27-29页 |
| ·The Marriage of Pem and Sarah | 第29-34页 |
| ·Pem and Sarah as Believers of Two Different Religions | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Marriage—the Combination of Religions | 第32-34页 |
| ·The Strengthening of Religious Secularization—the Evolutionary Judaism | 第34-41页 |
| ·The Secularity of Religious Value Orientation | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Secularity of Religious Ritual and Mitzvoth | 第36-38页 |
| ·The Secularty of Religious Spirit | 第38-41页 |
| CHAPTER 3 RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS REFLECTING THEPOSTMODERN SPIRIT IN CITY OF GOD | 第41-60页 |
| ·The Human Evil Actions—Condemning of the God | 第42-49页 |
| ·Sarah's Father's Horrible Experience in the Holocaust | 第43-46页 |
| ·Everett's Horrible Experience in The Vietnam War | 第46-49页 |
| ·The Development of Modern Society—Denial of the God | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Development of the Philosophy | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Development of the Science | 第52-54页 |
| ·Arts Reflecting the Chaotic Society—Questioning of the God | 第54-60页 |
| ·The Movie in City of God Reflecting the Chaotic Society | 第55-57页 |
| ·The Music in City of God Reflecting the Chaotic Society | 第57-60页 |
| CHAPTER 4 THE DESTINATION OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF IN THEPOSTMODERN TIMES | 第60-68页 |
| ·The Recognition of God | 第61-64页 |
| ·The Seeking of Christ of Bishop Pike | 第61-62页 |
| ·Religious Transformation of Pem | 第62-64页 |
| ·The American Religious Mission in City of God | 第64-68页 |
| ·Inheritance of the Spirit of God | 第65-66页 |
| ·Improvement of the Evolutionary Judaism | 第66-68页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第68-71页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第71-74页 |
