《天路歷程》是清教徒文學非常重要的一部書。第一部於1678出版， 1684出版第二部。第二部相對於第一部少了許多關注及研究，但此論文認為第二部的重要性不容忽視，在於第二部反映出作者約翰班楊對於性別角色及論述改變的態度，也同時反映了十七世紀當代清教徒社會的歷史變遷。《天路歷程》是一本反映並參與當代社會及歷史的重要寓言故事，此論文嘗試探討此書對於清教徒社會在於性別、共同體生活、及靈性上的貢獻。第二部的出版反映出作者約翰班楊認為女性信徒在教會生活中的角色不容小覷，女性在約翰班楊個人的信仰生命中也扮演重要的啟蒙作用。女性對於約翰班楊來說是男性信徒的啟蒙與教育角色，也是共同體生活的基礎，但同時女性的身份及靈性生活與集體生活無法分割，並且是處於次等地位，女性信徒的存在目的是為了服務男性信徒及整個父權架構的清教徒社會及文化。在第二部書，主角女基督徒被賦予了重要的責任，透過literate practice獨自建立起了教會生活的基礎。第二部書相對於第一部，女性的角色顯著的重要許多，角色呈現也不同於第一部的刻板印象描述，女性信徒也可以追求靈性生活，但女性信徒最終的目的仍然是為了男性信徒的益處而存在，就如書名《天路歷程》一般，這天路、此歷程，沒有女性無法完成，但第二部以女基督徒為主角的出版，是為了彌補並完成第一部男性為主的敘述而存在。

The Pilgrim’s Progress is the central work of Puritanism. The First Part was published in 1678 and the Second Part in 1684. The Second Part is less discussed compared with the First Part; however, I propose in this thesis that the Second Part is important for it reflects Bunyan’s changing attitude toward women in holy community. The Pilgrim’s Progress is a text that encodes and participates in history and I argue that Bunyan in The Pilgrim’s Progress creates values for Puritanism with respect to gender, community, and spirituality. This thesis investigates Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress in the context of contemporary expectations and perceptions of women in seventeenth-century England and how gender discourse played a role in radical Protestant communities like the one Bunyan led in real life as pastor. This thesis argues that the publication of the Second Part reflects Bunyan’s changing idea of gender roles, and as a Puritan writer Bunyan saw women’s roles as increasingly important in the holy community. Bunyan notices the importance of women in the church and women play an important part in his life, but women’s roles are still subservient for him. On the one hand, women seem to serve a certain function of enlightening Bunyan the male Christian, but he also regards them as playing a subservient role in the Protestant patriarchy. In Part II, Christiana creates the community by the social act literate practice and she does well. But at the same time her pursuit of salvation cannot be done without this community. This community in Part II allows women some kind of articulation of themselves and their being, but the final purpose is for the benefits of male Christians, as a fulfillment of Part I and completion of the pilgrim’s “progress.”

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