对“宗教是人民的鸦片”的认识

The Understanding of “Religion is the Opium of the People”

关于“宗教是人民的鸦片”论断有多重解读,在中国曾经一度被确定为马克思主义宗教观或马克思的宗教观的代名词。本文在梳理学界对该命题的文本研究基础上,深化对马克思的宗教观认识。从马克思个人理论发展的不同阶段和关于“宗教是人民的鸦片”提法的五个主要问题,三个维度来系统探析提出该论断的历史语境,论断内涵、特征及在马克思的宗教观中特殊地位,中国特色社会主义发展中对马克思的宗教观继承与发展问题。

There are many interpretations of the argument that"religion is the opium of the people",which was once identified as the synonym of Marxist religious view or Marx's religious view in China.On the basis of studying the text of this proposition,this paper deepens the understanding of Marx's religious view.From the different stages of the development of Marx's personal theory and the five main problems about the formulation of"religion is the opium of the people",this paper systematically analyzes the historical context of the conclusion,the connotation,characteristics and special position in Marx's religious view,and the inheritance and development of Marx's religious view in the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics.