徘徊在中庸与极端之间――16 ―17 世纪英国宗教政策特点辨析

在社会矛盾多端、宗教文化纷呈、内部冲突连连的背景下，16 ―17 世纪英国的宗教政策，明显地因循着这样的发展路径，就是从中庸到极端、再从极端到中庸。看上去，这种循环没有发展，其实不然。如果深究一下，我们就可以发现，这一时期英国宗教在中庸与极端之间徘徊的奥秘，主要在于民族国家形成这个时代主题发生作用的结果。
In the 16 ―17th centuries，England was characterized by various social contradictions，religious cultures，and internal conflicts. Against such a background，the English religious policy followed adevelopment path from mild，to extreme，and back to mild. It seems that this circulation made no progress.But that was not true. If we take a closer look at this issue，we will reveal the truth hidden behind the oscillationbetween mild and extreme in the religious policy of England：it was mainly caused by the formation of nationstate，which was the theme of the early modern times