Research On Engels’s Religious Secularization Thought

Human beings enter into the industrial era, change production mode to push restructuring all aspects of society. Religion has been involved in the irreversible secularization upsurge, secularization has become one of the important research topic of the modern religion. The religious secularization of self innovation, in a more appropriate manner in the world; but secularization has also brought some problems, the level of belief in the cultural field. Only follow the objective law, to know the essence of religion, origin, function and development trend from the correct view of religion, to grasp the trend characteristics of secular, a comprehensive analysis of a series of problems of secularization, which draw on the advantages and avoid disadvantages.Engels was influenced by the religion micro environment, to give a certain degree of attention, in the process of research and criticism of religion, Engels gradually establish historical materialism banner. He inherited and developed Marx thought, and Marx theory of religion carries out systematic analysis. Therefore, Engels’s religious view maintained a relative independence in the Marx "s religious outlook, contains important research value, to our understanding of contemporary religious secularization has guiding significance.This paper from the religious thought of Engels about the formation and development course, from the macro perspective describes part of Engels religious theory associated with the secular religious views. Then the analysis for religious origins and roots of Engels into the secular basis for religious, combining Engels’s attitude to the secular, to clarify his theory is the great change of the traditional western theory of religion secularization. Then clarify internal relations, economic, cultural, political science and secularization of religion, Engels’s religious secularization theory from micro level analysis. Finally, further argues that Engels with secular, essential use practice of real world to the interpretation of the secularization of religion, secularization thought is rooted in the religious theory of Engels. Indeed, the historical materialism is not as all religious issues "label", religion secularization theory of Engels is not universal law, he just provides a kind of research thinking and method for us, Engels’s religious secularization theory belongs to the category of methodology rather than a specific discipline system. In the Engels materialism religious view of enlightenment, we should uphold the "advance with the times","seek truth from facts" the essence of the theory, enrich and develop Marx "s religious outlook in practice; on the other hand should correctly grasp the modern form of religion, give full play to the religion in secular in capability of self adjustment, play the positive role of religion in the in modern society, guide religion to adapt to socialism, harmonious development.