Research On Marx’s Religious Criticism And Its Realistic Value

Religion has always been the focus of attention of Western philosophers.The thought of religious criticism is not the core of Marxism,but the criticism of religion is the premise of all other criticisms.It is through the criticism of religion that Marx opened a comprehensive critique of politics,society,and law.In recent years,many new situations and issues have emerged in the field of religion in China.Some illegal elements have used religion to smear China’s religious policies,infiltrate China’s ideology,and have had a negative impact on China’s peace and unity.Therefore,studying Marx’s religious critical thinking has extremely important practical significance for correctly viewing religion,scientifically handling religious issues,and guiding the effective development of China’s religious work.Therefore,this article analyzes and elaborates Marx’s religious criticism thoughts from the following four parts based on in-depth study of relevant classic works,reference and reference to previous relevant achievements,and combined with the actual situation of our country.The first part describes the research background,purpose,and significance of this article,analyzes the current research situation of Marx’s religious criticism thoughts at home and abroad,and introduces the research ideas,research methods,and innovation points of this article.The second part elaborates in detail the historical background,theoretical sources,and development process of Marx’s religious criticism thought,laying the foundation for a comprehensive understanding of its main content.The development of capitalist economy,the outbreak of the religious reform movement,the progress of natural science,and the rise of the proletarian movement constitute the era background of Marx’s religious criticism thought;The theoretical sources of Marx’s religious critical thoughts mainly include the religious critical thoughts of ancient Greece and Rome,the atheistic thoughts of French materialism in the 18 th century,and the religious critical thoughts of classical German philosophy;Marx’s thought of religious criticism mainly experienced a period of germination,transformation,and final establishment.The third part focuses on the main content of Marx’s religious critical thought.Firstly,it expounds the essence of alienation of religion from two aspects: religion is the loss or alienation of human self-consciousness and religion is an inverted world view;Secondly,with the gradual development of Marx’s own theory,it reveals the three root causes of the emergence of religion;Thirdly,from the standpoint of historical materialism,it reveals the law that religion is bound to disappear;Finally,it discusses Marx’s criticism of religious functions,including psychological and political functions.Starting from these four aspects,this article systematically grasps Marx’s stance and methods in religious criticism,laying a solid theoretical foundation for studying the practical value of Marx’s religious criticism thoughts.The fourth part discusses the practical value of Marx’s religious critical thought.This article grasps Marx’s religious critical thought from both vertical and horizontal dimensions,and explores the practical value of Marx’s religious critical thought in light of the new situation in the religious field of our country.It has important practical significance in comprehensively improving the quality and level of people’s life,striving to achieve the realistic happiness of the people,and guiding the healthy development of religion.