Study Of Fromm’s Religious Views

Fromm asserted that the problem of the nineteenth century was that God was dead,and that of the twentieth was that man was dead.The domestic academic research on Fromm focuses on the theory of human nature and the theory of alienation,so it often focuses on the last half of this sentence.The center of Fromm’s first half sentence actually lies in the field of religion,and the research on Fromm’s topic is still relatively limited.On the basis of grasping the development context of Fromm’s religious thought,this paper tries to sort out the formation conditions and development history of Fromm’s religious view by referring to the research achievements of Fromm’s religious view at home and abroad,and analyzes the main contents of Fromm’s religious view from the framework of essence view,function view,type view and history view,aiming at a better understanding of Marxist religious view.And better deal with the relationship between religion and socialist countries.The first part of this article reviews the background of Fromm’s religious view.One is the realistic background.As a German Jew who emigrated to the United States,Fromm’s thought was bound to be influenced by the social and historical conditions at that time.The First World War,the Zionist movement,and the rise of Nazism all had a significant impact on Fromm’s religious view.The second is the theoretical origin.Whether it is Fromm’s self-statement or the academic public theory,Marx and Freud are the two thinkers who have the greatest influence on him,providing rich nutrients for his religious view.The second part explores the development of Fromm’s religious view.According to Fromm’s writings in different periods,as well as his own religious and political activities,the development of his religious view can be divided into three stages: the first stage is the Jewish stage,the representative work is his doctoral thesis,which belongs to the embryonic stage of the formation of religious view;The second is the stage of orthodox Freudian,the representative work is the Doctrine of Christ,which belongs to the exploration period of the formation of religious view;The third is the stage of humanism and Marxism,the representative work is Psychoanalysis and Religion,which belongs to the mature stage of the formation of religious views.The third part of this article,grasp the main content of Fromm’s religious view.This paper summarizes the main contents of its religious views from four aspects:religious essence view,religious function view,religious type view and religious history view.First of all,Fromm believes that the essence of religion is the thought and behavior system of group participation,which provides orientation framework and dedication goal for people.Secondly,this paper analyzes Fromm’s judgment on the positive and negative functions of religion in different periods.Then,from the perspective of function and type,Fromm divides religion into positive religion and negative religion,authoritarianism religion and humanitarianism religion.Finally,this paper summarizes Fromm’s view of religious history from three parts: the origin,historical form and extinction of religion.The fourth part of this paper expounds the evaluation of Fromm’s religious view and the enlightenment to the contemporary society.Based on the viewpoint of Marxist religious view,this paper analyzes the extent to which Fromm carried forward Marx’s religious view and the distortion and misunderstanding of Marx.On this basis,this paper refines the parts of Fromm’s religious view that are still enlightening to the contemporary society..