From Unity To Harmony:a Study On Contemporary Marxist Religion

Based on Marxism religion, the Communist Party and government of China seek truth from facts, they admit the fact that religion will exist for a long time in a socialist society, so we should take the "unity theory" attitude to treat religious, which is respect, protection and presenting a united front, this is origin of thoughts to put forward the harmonious religious. In November1993, the18th national united front work conference held. The ruling party put forward the famous "phase adaptation theory", which is "actively guiding religions to adapt to socialist society". In the new century, in the process of building up a harmonious society, the harmonious society can’t be without harmonious religious on the premise of that religion is as an important part of the social structure."Harmonious religious" is a new concept to deal with the religious problems according to the contemporary Chinese national conditions, and it is new development of Chinese Marxism religion.Harmonious religion is the generalization of "making great efforts to realize the religious and social harmony". And it is the result of Marxism religious Lord keep pace with the times, it is the reexamination of the religious attitude, on the basis of dialectical recognition of religious social function, this is a theory of religion which is adapt to the construction of the harmonious society. The construction of harmonious religion contribute to political stability and harmonious relationship between the believers and nonbelievers, to the healthy development of the religion itself and the religious culture, and it will have an important enlightenment function while other countries are dealing with religious problems.The basic content of the harmonious religion includes:We need to recognize the positive role of the religion in the socialist social construction; The notion of harmonious society construction is the guidance to deal with contemporary religious problems; The "four relations" indicated the direction to deal with the religious problems;"The regulations on religious affairs" puts forward the new method to process religious problems."Harmony theory" is to inherit and carry forward "unity theory" and "adaptation theory", it is not only to deepen the right understanding of "freedom of religious belief", but also to let us recognize that religion has a positive role to promote the construction of the harmonious society. The harmonious religious is the new development of Chinese Marxism, firstly, the harmonious religious deepened understanding of the "5-defections" religious problems, and the nationality and internationality had been promoted to a certain important position. Then, the construction of harmonious religious is the enlightenment from the religious dialogue, and at the same time, the construction of the harmonious religious needs positive talks between religions, mutual respect, mutual understanding and mutual cooperation. Finally, harmonious religion is helpful for the development of economy, life, culture, and politics, and thus helps the construction of a harmonious society.