| Achonoledgements | 第1-4页 |
| English Abstract | 第4-6页 |
| Chinese Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1. The Religious Status in Victorian Age | 第10-11页 |
| 2. The Critical Reviews of Thomas Hardy’s Novels | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One The Formation of Hardy’s Religious Thought | 第14-25页 |
| 1. The Pursuing Period (1840-1862) | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Family Influence—Boyhood (1840-1855) | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Friends’Influence—Student and Architect (1856-1862) | 第15-17页 |
| 2. The Fence-Sitter Period (1862-1928) | 第17-25页 |
| ·The Pagan Elements Deviating Hardy from Christianity | 第17-22页 |
| ·The Influence of Scientists and Rationalists | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Influence of Liberal Theology | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Influence of German Pessimists | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Christian Elements Penetrating Hardy’s Thought | 第22-25页 |
| ·The Christian Morality | 第22-23页 |
| ·The Concept of God | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter Two Hardy between Darwinism and Christianity | 第25-34页 |
| 1. The Rational Rejection of Christianity | 第26-29页 |
| ·The Unavoidable Disorganization of Patriarchal Clan System of Wessex | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Plot in Accord with “Survival of the Fittest” | 第27-29页 |
| 2. The Emotional Nostalgia for Christianity | 第29-34页 |
| ·The Nostalgia for Patriarchal Clan System of Wessex | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Compassion to Eliminated Characters | 第30-31页 |
| ·The Favor of Christian Characters | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter Three Hardy between Pessimism and Christianity | 第34-43页 |
| 1. The Rational Rejection of Christianity | 第34-38页 |
| ·The Death of Personal God | 第34-36页 |
| ·The Attack on Dogmatic Ecclesiasticism and Organic Church | 第36-38页 |
| 2. The Emotional Nostalgia for Christianity | 第38-43页 |
| ·The Existence of Impersonal God—Tragedy of Fate | 第38-41页 |
| ·The Hope of Returning to Christian Spirit—Tragedy with Hope | 第41-43页 |
| Conclusion | 第43-44页 |
| Bibiography | 第44-46页 |
