ABSTRACT This essay argues that essentialist models of modernity are always ideological, and that Britain’s dominant ideology of modernity was transformed from the mid-1950s, with revolutionary consequences for British Christianity and secularisation. Before the mid-1950s Britain's predominant 'civilisation' ideology portrayed Christianity as more advanced than secularity. The mid-1950s global crisis, however, created widespread belief in a radical break between 'tradition' and 'the modern world'. This perception rapidly legitimated the further belief, promoted by radical Christians, that ‘the modern world’ is inherently ‘secular’. Once accepted by the national media, the ideological belief that modernity is secular made possible the 1960s ‘secular revolution’.

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“基督教文明”、“现代世俗化”以及英国现代性的革命性再想象，1954-1965

摘要 本文认为，现代性的本质主义模型始终是意识形态的，英国主导的现代性意识形态从 1950 年代中期开始转变，对英国基督教和世俗化产生了革命性的影响。在 1950 年代中期之前，英国占主导地位的“文明”意识形态将基督教描绘为比世俗更先进。然而，1950 年代中期的全球危机使人们普遍相信，“传统”和“现代世界”之间已经发生了根本性的决裂。这种看法迅速使激进基督徒所提倡的进一步信念合法化，即“现代世界”本质上是“世俗的”。一旦被国家媒体接受，现代性是世俗的意识形态信念使 1960 年代的“世俗革命”成为可能。