宗教文化是近代西方世界精神文化的核心。发源自英国的清教在17世纪传播至北美大陆，迅速成为北美占主导地位的宗教教派，清教所代表的文化也成为北美社会的主导文化。随着美国社会的不断发展，清教文化所体现出的精神内涵逐步为全体美国人所接受，成为现代美国主流文化的核心。而美国社会认知膜也随着以清教文化为基础的美国主流文化的发展演变而逐渐形成并不断增强。这一认知膜促使全体美国人团结起来为建设美国共同奋斗，抵御了各种外部思想对美国社会的冲击，最终使美国成为世界上最强大的国家。中国也应当从中华传统文化中汲取合理内涵并加以现代化，为构建中国社会认知膜、保护中国社会的持续健康发展提供有力的支柱。
Religious culture is the core spirit of the modern western world culture. In the 17th century, Puritanism was originated in England, and spread to the North American continent. Then Puritanism rapidly became the dominant religious sect of North America, and the culture represented by Puritan became the dominant culture of society in North America. With the continuous development of American society, the spiritual connotation embodied by Puritan culture was gradually accepted by all American people, and Puritan culture became the core of modern American mainstream culture. And with the development of American mainstream culture which based on Puritan culture, the American social cognitive membrane gradually formed and increased. This cognitive membrane urged all Americans to unite to struggle for the construction of the USA, and withstood the impact of various external ideas of American society, and eventually made the USA as the world’s most powerful nation. China should also learn from the reasonable meaning of traditional Chinese culture and modernize it, thus building Chinese social cognitive membrane to provide strong pillars to protect the sustained and healthy development of Chinese society.