The Theory Innovation And Practice Of The Adaptability Between Religion And Socialist Society

The Theory Innovation and Practice of the Adaptability between Religion and Socialist SocietyReligion is a historical phenomenon. In our socialist society religion exists and continue to play a long-term effects. Marxist classical writers on religion have been systematically and profound exposition of the nature of the religion, generation and extinction, social infrastructure, freedom of religion, secularism, etc. Marx had a deep discussion on the nature of the religion, in short there are "self-awareness", "the illusory reflection ", "Opium", etc. The social basis of religion is social economy, and changes with social economic development, so religion will exist for a long time. On the question of religious belief, Marxism advocates freedom of religious belief and secularism.Communist Party of China's religious policy on the basis of the absorption of the Marxist religion dialecticly, have a long-term exploration of adaption between religion and socialist society. The developing process in general can be divided into three stages: 1949 to 1957, 1957 and the 1976, and after1976. After a long period of frustration and adjustment, the CPC put forward in matters of religious "Adaptation" theory and the practice of exploring the path to this theory.The content of "Adaptation" theory is approbating the first principle of freedom of religious belief.Religious people must comply with national laws, regulations and policies as a precondition, get rid of the negative factors against state and national interests, and building socialism with Chinese characteristics.Actively explore and play the religious positive factors of benifiting people and state , and engaged in services in the state and the people, and resolutely opposed to all behavior to harm national unity, social development and reunification of the motherland as a means of religion. "Adaptation" theory and practice has mainly the following aspects of the way : Policy guidance, Law guidance and Principles guidance. Policy guidance is fully implementing the policy of religious freedom. To do this we must handle properly the relations of activities of religious belief and superstition, religion and cults, atheism education, and religious freedom, religious freedom and Communist Party members can not be religious. Law guidance is to strengthen their management of religious affairs. This is a strategy to implement the rule of law and building a socialist rule, but also protect the religious freedom of citizens and guide the religion to adapt to socialist society. Principles guidance is the principle of independence of dealing with religious affairs. This is not only our basic principles of dealing with religion and international political relations, but also the basic way of guiding religion fit to our socialist society.