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2026年5月16日，美国华盛顿特区，在旨在庆祝美国建国250周年的“重献250：全国祈祷、赞美与感恩庆典”活动前夕，一场名为“复兴根源”的礼拜仪式上，女性们在华盛顿纪念碑附近举手敬拜。路透社/塞思·赫尔德 购买授权，将在新标签页打开
- 内容摘要
- 演讲者包括福音派基督教领袖和保守派天主教人士
- 活动由“自由250”组织，这是白宫支持的公私合作项目
- 批评者认为该活动宣扬基督教民族主义，模糊了政教分离原则
（路透社华盛顿5月17日电）——周日，一场由特朗普政府支持的美国宗教遗产庆祝活动凸显了保守派基督教领袖与总统的关联，批评者称这场集会未能反映美国多元化的宗教格局。
这场名为“重献250：全国祈祷、赞美与感恩庆典”的九小时活动，演讲者大多来自两大基督教传统——福音派基督教和保守派天主教。
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此次活动由“自由250”组织，这是白宫成立的公私合作项目，旨在与联邦机构协调建国250周年的庆祝活动。
倡导政教分离的人士表示，该活动模糊了政府与宗教的界限。
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“这场由政府赞助的祈祷盛会，恰恰是世俗宪法所禁止的政府行为的典型，”自由宗教基金会联合主席安妮·劳里·盖耶尔在一份声明中说道。
“这不仅是政教的融合，更是我们联邦政府与基督教民族主义的融合，”盖耶尔说道，她所在的组织倡导政教分离。
一些批评者指出，活动未邀请主流新教教会等宗教团体参与，包括路德宗、卫理公会和圣公会。同样未获代表的还有耶稣基督后期圣徒教会、东正教、伊斯兰教、印度教和佛教。
皮尤研究中心的数据显示，超过四分之一的美国成年人自称无宗教信仰。约23%和19%的人分别自称为福音派新教徒和天主教徒，约11%的人自称为主流新教徒。
美国伊斯兰关系理事会是一个穆斯林民权倡导组织，该组织敦促组织者邀请其他宗教团体的代表参与。该组织研究与倡导主任科里·塞勒表示，穆斯林早在美国独立前就已抵达北美。
“现实情况是，美国的宗教格局比许多人想象的更加多元，而如今的宗教格局当然值得我们审视和尊重，”塞勒在接受路透社采访时说道。
“美国建国初期的缩影”
预定发表演讲的宗教领袖包括威诺纳-罗切斯特天主教教区主教罗伯特·巴伦、由基督教福音派创立的自由大学校长乔纳森·福尔韦尔，以及纽约市谢阿里特以色列会堂资深拉比梅尔·索洛维奇克。
政治演讲者包括共和党众议院议长迈克·约翰逊和共和党参议员蒂姆·斯科特。届时不会有知名民主党人出席。
周日的演讲者之一、全国西班牙裔基督教领袖会议主席塞缪尔·罗德里格斯在采访中表示，以基督教为主的演讲者名单反映了18世纪大觉醒宗教复兴后美国殖民地的面貌。
“这几乎是对我们建国根基的描绘，一张快照，”罗德里格斯告诉路透社。
此次活动是政府为美国建国250周年规划的16场活动之一，也是2026年的首场活动。据活动官网介绍，活动旨在“赞颂上帝250年来对美国的眷顾，祈祷上帝保佑并守护美国未来的250年，并庄重地将我们的国家重新奉献给上帝之下的一个民族”。
批评者称，“自由250”系列活动淡化或无视了美国历史上令人不安的部分，比如奴隶制和对原住民的暴力行径。
特朗普和副总统JD·万斯（天主教徒）曾批评教皇利奥和其他反对政府政策的宗教领袖。在与教皇发生争执后，特朗普曾短暂发布一张自己以基督形象出现的AI生成图片，后在部分政府支持者的批评下删除了该图片。
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Trump-backed faith event features conservative Christians as critics decry blurring of church-state lines
2026-05-17 10:06:45 UTC / Reuters
By David Hood-Nuño and Julio-Cesar Chavez
May 17, 2026 10:06 AM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
Women hold their hands up in worship near the Washington Monument during a worship service, Roots of Revival’, ahead of the “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving” event aimed to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, in Washington, D.C. , U.S. May 16, 2026. REUTERS/Seth Herald Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Speakers include evangelical Christian leaders and conservative Catholic figures
- Event organized by Freedom 250, a White House-backed public-private partnership
- Critics argue event promotes Christian nationalism, blurring church-state separation
WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) – A Trump administration-backed celebration of U.S. religious heritage on Sunday is highlighting conservative Christian leaders’ ties to the president as critics say the gathering does not reflect the country’s diverse faith landscape.
The nine-hour program, called “Rededicate 250: National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,” mostly features speakers from two Christian traditions — evangelical Christianity and conservative Catholicism.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in a video message while senior Republicans including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will speak on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. According to organizers, the event is meant to “prepare for the nation’s 250th birthday with Scripture, testimony, prayer, and rededication of our country as One Nation to God.”
The gathering is organized by Freedom 250, a public-private partnership created by the White House to coordinate 250th anniversary celebrations alongside federal agencies.
Advocates of church-state separation say the event blurs government and religion.
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“This government-sponsored prayer fest is the epitome of exactly what our secular Constitution forbids our government from doing,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, in a statement.
“It is a fusion not only of church and state, but also of our federal government with Christian nationalism,” said Gaylor, whose organization advocates for the separation of church and state.
Some critics have pointed to the absence of religious groups such as mainline Protestant churches including Lutherans, Methodists and Episcopalians. Also not represented are the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
More than a quarter of all U.S. adults identify as religiously unaffiliated, according to figures from the Pew Research Center. About 23% and 19% identify as evangelical Protestant and Catholic, respectively, and about 11% identify as mainline Protestant.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, urged, opens new tab the organizers to include speakers from other religious groups. Muslims arrived in North America before U.S. independence, said Corey Saylor, research and advocacy director at the organization.
“The reality is that the religious landscape in the United States was more diverse than many people think of, and it certainly means today we have a religious landscape that deserves to be looked at and respected,” Saylor told Reuters.
‘SCREENSHOT’ OF EARLY AMERICA
Faith leaders slated to speak include Bishop Robert Barron, from the Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester; Jonathan Falwell, chancellor of Liberty University, a school established by Christian evangelicals; and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, senior rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City.
Among the political speakers are Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Senator Tim Scott. No prominent Democrats are due to appear.
One of Sunday’s speakers, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference leader Samuel Rodriguez, said in an interview that the mostly Christian speaker list reflects what the American colonies looked like after the Great Awakening religious revival of the 18th century.
“It’s pretty much a depiction, a screenshot of our foundation,” Rodriguez told Reuters.
The event is one of 16 planned by the administration for the 250th anniversary of the United States, and the first in 2026. According to the event’s website, it is meant to give “praise to God for 250 years of His Providence for the United States, in praying that God Bless and Protect America for the next 250 years, and in solemnly rededicating our country as One Nation under God.”
Critics say the Freedom 250 events downplay or ignore troubling elements of the nation’s past such as slavery and violence toward Indigenous people.
Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who is Catholic, have criticized Pope Leo and other faith leaders who disagree with the administration’s policies. After feuding with the pope, Trump briefly posted an AI-generated image of himself as a Christ-like figure before deleting it following criticism from some administration supporters.
Reporting by David Hood-Nuño and Julio-Cesar Chavez; Editing by Sergio Non and Cynthia Osterman
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