New-democratic Revolution, The Communist Party Of China's Religious Work

In various historical stages of the New Democratic Revolution, the CommunistParty of China combine the Marxism religion and China's religious practice with thefeatures of The Times, formulating a series of religious policies which obey and serveto the party's general line and general policy, and actively guide religions to adapt tothe new democratic revolution, and actively carry out religious work, which promotethe process of revolutionary victory, and accumulate rich experience in religious work,to adapt to the revolutionary situation of the development needs and theanti-imperialist and anti-feudal revolution fundamentally requires.In period of the New Democratic Revolution, the historical conditions of theCommunist Party of China carrying out religious work include theoretical basis,objective basis and policy basis. First, Chinese Marxism religion is the theoreticalbasis of the Party carrying out religious work. Marxism religion is a complete systemof scientific theory system, which has scientific nature and significant party spirit, andit is the theoretical source of the Communist Party of China to correctly understandand deal with religious issues. Chinese Marxism religion emerges from the ChineseCommunists combining Marxism religion with religious actual and characteristics ofthe times, and it becomes the theoretical basis of the period of the democraticrevolution in religious work. Second, the development of modern Chinese religioussituation changes is the objective basis of the Party's religious work. At differenthistorical stages of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Anti-Japanese War and thewar of liberation, according to the class relations, the change of social contradictions,and the attitude changes of religious circles to China's revolution political, the Partyplays the positive role of religious party to promote the Party's religious work. Third,formulation and adjustment of the Party's religious policy is the Party's religious workon the policy foundation. The policy on freedom of religious belief, the united frontpolicy of presented with religious circles and the policy of separation between churchand state, which provide an important policy basis for the Party's religious work.The religious work is done by Party in the Agrarian Revolutionary War period.First, as early as before the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Communist Party ofChina had begun to concern the problem of religion and develop religious work,including religious issues in the investigation and the research revolution, leadershipand carrying out non-Christian movement, focusing on the study of religiousinfiltration, and formulating strategy that unites people in religious conscience.Second, in the early and middle of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the CommunistParty of China actively formulate the religious policy that obey and serve for theAgrarian Revolutionary War period, and pay attention to develop rural land revolutionof the religious work as well as the city workers in the movement of religious work.Third, later period of the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Party's religious work isincreasingly pragmatic, and the Party formulates and implements a series of ethnicand religious policies during the Long March, at the same time resolutely resistJapanese imperialism religious infiltration, to unite the religious figures and religiousbelievers to anti-Japanese, and promote the anti-Japanese national united frontestablished.The religious work is done by the Party in the Anti-Japanese War period. First ofall, in the anti-Japanese democratic base areas the Party formulates and implementsthe religious policy that is in favor of consolidating and developing the anti-Japanesedemocratic base areas, including freedom of religious belief, religious land, the unitedfront and other series, and effectively protect and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of religious circles, and actively guide and promote the religious circles toparticipate in the anti-Japanese struggle, to mobilize the religious construction of theanti-Japanese democratic base areas and actively participate in anti-Japanese. Second,in the Kuomintang-controlled areas and occupied areas, the Party pays attention topresenting a united front with religious upper patriots, and emphasis on thetransformation and solidarity of the folk religion and secret societies, to support thereligious reform movement and the anti-Japanese activities. Third, in ethnic minorityareas, the Party respect for minorities the right to freedom of religious belief, and payattention to the study of ethnic and religious issues and safeguard the legitimateinterests of the minority of religious people. Fourth, for the missionaries ofChristianity and Catholicism, the Party implements and respects for their religiousfreedom and to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests and property, to recoverand carry out the church's activities.The religious work is done by the Party in the national liberation war period. First,for the completely overthrow of the rule of imperialism, feudalism andbureaucrat-capitalism, to complete the task of the new democratic revolution, tocreate a new regime, based on the revolutionary situation at that time the change anddevelopment of Chinese religious practice, the Communist Party of China formulatesreligious policies, including the religious policy to security and safeguard thelegitimate rights and interests, the policy of the abolition of the religious feudal landownership policies, to combat and eradicate the religious counter-revolutionary forces,which promote the people's war of liberation victory process and build the newregime. Second, the Party actively carries out the ethnic and religious work of theethnic minority areas, paying attention to and maintaining the fundamental interests ofthe religious minorities, uniting minority and religious figures, establishing the modelof the system of regional ethnic autonomy, and establishes the model of the system ofregional ethnic autonomy. Third, the Party actively guides religions to adapt to createa new China.The Party continues to adhere to the establishment of the united front ofpolitical alliances with the religious to protect and safeguard the legitimate rights andinterests of religious circles, protecting religious culture, implementing themanagement of urban religious affairs in accordance with the law, insisting on theseparation of church and state,banning reactionary secret societies and religiousreactionary forces, and unites religious democrats to participate in politics and todiscuss the founding of plans, which get the support of religious personages as well asminority religious circles.The Party in the new-democratic revolution has accumulated significantexperience in religious work. First, you must adhere to the guidance of Chinesemarxism religion. In the new-democratic revolution.Sinicization of Marxism religionstandpointhas undergone the before and after construction, revolution, the AgrarianRevolutionary War, the Anti-Japanese War and the war of liberation and so ondifferent stages, the Chinese Communists creatively explore the essence of religion,the root of religious, the value of religious, the freedom of religious belief, presentinga united front with religious circles, separation between church and state, a series ofreligious penetration in the revolution religion, which form the religious policy ofChinese marxism theoretical system in the democratic revolution period, and it is theChinese communists crystallization of the wisdom of the collective. Second, mustconsolidate and expand the Party with religious united front. Religious patriots of thenew democratic revolution is the important rely on the power, the religious believersin the new democratic revolution is also the important mass base, and must adhere tothe Party with religious circles of the united front policy and adhere to seek common ground while putting aside differences, peaceful coexistence, the ideological belief inmutual respect, and political action on solidarity and cooperation, must respect andprotect the legal rights of the religious believers, playing religious personages andbelievers in the positive role of the Chinese revolution. And third, it must adhere tothe religious policy that obeys and serves for the Party's general line. The religiousproblems to deal with and in the service of the party's general mandate proposed, andthe Party's religious policies are also to obey and in the service of the Party's generalline, so as to unite religious progressives, and actively guide religions to adapt to thenew democratic revolution.