Exploring The Practical Connotations Of Marx’s Dialectical View Of Religion

Since modern times,French atheism,British deism and Spinoza’s pantheism have all examined religion from the standpoint of intellectual thinking,and the "Understanding" view of religion is trapped by their limited representational thinking,and their understanding of religion is only at the level of religious phenomenon.Realizing that a limited "Understanding" cannot grasp the infinite content of God,Hegel elevated his understanding of religion to a "Speculative Reason" based on "content".In his philosophy,Hegel establishes a dialectical view of religion based on the absolute idea,which realizes the dialectic between "religious appearances" and "conceptual contents".He realized the dialectical unity of "religious appearance" and "conceptual content".Marx realized the subjective abstraction of the Hegelian view of religion and the discursive idealism of the religious view of the young Hegelians,and transformed the"rational entity" in their discursive philosophy by "practice",establishing the basis of the real world in the field of material production,and further pointed out that They further pointed out that the basis for the existence of religion is not in "heaven",but the contradictory movements of productive forces and relations of production are used to reveal the secret of religious existence.On the one hand,Marx inherited the rational kernel of Hegel’s dialectic,and based his religious view on the theoretical height of dialectical thinking.On the other hand,the young Hegelians after Hegel kept returning the foundation of religious existence from "abstract spirit" to "real man",but still could not get out of the shadow of Hegel’s "absolute idea".Absolute Idea".From the practice of material production of human beings,Marx regarded religion as a social ideology of the"upside-down world",and based on "practice",he suggested the practical connotation of his dialectical view of religion: religious consciousness arises from the "alienation" in the field of material production."Religion is the subjective consciousness of human beings who have lost their own nature,a "silent sigh" of despair for the present world."It is also the spiritual opium of capitalist society that anesthetizes the people.Therefore,only by eliminating "alienation" in the field of production can religion die out.Exploring the practical connotation of Marx’s dialectical view of religion helps deepen our understanding of the essential connotation of Marx’s view of religion,and also provides theoretical support for constructing a new era of Marxist religion in China.