Henry Lawson is one of the founders of the 19 th century Australian literature,who is famous for his short stories.Influenced by western religions from his parents,he put forward his atheist ideas against Jesus Christ and The Bible.He believes that the core of Christianity is goodness,democracy and equality, which equal to the mateship formed in the frontier process in the jungles.He holds this"mateship"as his lifelong religious faith.The paper first analyzes his family and educational backgrounds,and then explores their influence on the development of his early religious attitude.The emphasis is placed on Lawson's un-derstanding of Jesus Christ and the Bible and the formation of his religious outlook—the true expression of Christianity is mateship and the people who practice mateship are real Christians.Finally,focuses are placed on the representations of this religious outlook (or the religious color) in his works in 1990s and the contributions it makes to the national literature and measure of value by correcting the image of lacking in religious color in Australian Literature.%亨利·劳森是19世纪澳洲民族文学的奠基人之一,他以短篇小说而闻名于世.劳森早年受到父母西方宗教思想的影响,对耶稣和《圣经》生发出了无神论者的观点.他认为基督教的核心是善良、民主、平等,等同于澳洲丛林人在艰苦拓荒中形成的"伙伴情谊",因而把"伙伴情谊"作为持续终生的宗教信仰.在对生活逐渐深入理解的过程中,他形成了自己独特的宗教观——只有践行"伙伴情谊"的人,才是真正的基督徒.通过细读文本,探寻劳森主要短篇小说中体现的宗教观,旨在揭示劳森为19世纪90年代的民族文学增添了宗教意蕴,纠正了澳大利亚殖民文学中缺乏宗教色彩的形象,同时,也为当时澳大利亚人摆脱母国意识形态的影响,建立自己的民族信仰作出了积极贡献.
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