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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 Vonnegut's Humanistic Attitudes Toward Christianity Embodied in Slaughterhouse-Five,Cat's Cradle and Jailbird
1.1. Connotation of Religion in This Thesis
1.2. Religious Institutions in the Selected Novels
1.2.1. Image of God
1.2.2. Images of Christians and Christian Church
1.3. Religious Ideas in the Selected Novels
1.3.1. Advocation of Brotherly Love, Mercy and Compassion in the Bible
1.3.2. Application of Biblical Images and Prototypes
1.4. Vonnegut's Humanistic Attitudes Toward Christianity
Chapter 2 Vonnegut's Humanistic Construction of Bokononism in Cat's Cradle
2.1. Bokononism in Cat's Cradle
2.2. Differences Between Bokononism and Christianity
2.2.1. Lies in Bokononism vs. Truths in Christianity
2.2.2. God in Bokononism vs. God in Christianity
2.2.3. The Books of Bokonon vs. The Bible in Christianity
2.3. Similarities Between Bokononism and Christianity
2.4. Bokononism as an Ideal Religion vs. Christianity, Nihilism and Science
Chapter 3 The Theoretical Basis of Vonnegut's Humanistic Attitudes Toward Religion
3.1. Existentialist Theories on Religion
3.2. Postmodernist Theory on Religion
3.3. The Influence of Existentialism and Postmodemism on Vonnegut's Humanistic Attitudes Toward Religion
Conclusion
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