厄普代克的《圣洁百合》聚焦威尔莫特家族四代人的信仰,揭示了美国社会的宗教世俗化问题和世俗化多样复杂的表现形式,并阐释了在宗教世俗化背景下电影作为替代性宗教的功用和弊端。作家要暗示的是信仰是人们摆脱精神困境的出路,但还需要追求与探索。 Updike’s “holy lily” focuses on the faith of the four generations of the Wilmut family, exposing the religious secularisation in the United States as well as the diverse and complex manifestations of secularism and illustrates the use of the film as a substitute in the context of religious secularization The function and malpractice of sexual religion. The implication of writers is that faith is the way out of the spiritual predicament, but it also requires the pursuit and exploration.