Marx's Religious View And Its Contemporary Value

Marx made an in-depth study of religion in the position of historical materialism.On the basis of the realization of the ultimate value of human beings,He revealed the essence and function of religion and foreseen the trend of religion.The politics,economy,culture and other fields in contemporary society have a close connection with religion.Therefore,it is necessary for us to reunderstand Marx's religious view and explore its value in contemporary society.First of all,this article has combed the background and theoretical origin of Marx's religion view.The strong religious atmosphere of his family brought the theism tendency to Marx's thoughts in the early time.The development of capitalist economy and the proletarian revolution made Marx's atheistic view of religion appear.The religious reforming movement promoted the emancipation of thought in the social scope,and made Marx's religious criticism deeper.The argument of concept to the "logos" and "existence" of philosophy of religion in ancient Greek and humanism in the renaissance had strong impact of the theological position,which had important implication for the formation of Marx's religious view.The German classical philosophy represented by Hagel,is the direct source of Marx's view of religion.And then,this paper combs the formation and evolution of Marx's religious view.Marx's religious view had roughly experienced the religious thought of theism in early time,the revolutionary transformation of religious thoughts and it's final formation.The three stages of Marx's religious view finally completed the leap from theism to atheism.Then,the article reveals the basic content of Marx's view of religion.The main contents of Marx's view of religion include Marx's discussion on the nature of religion,the role of society and the future trend.Through content research,we can see that opium theory has two meanings.It pointed out that religion has both the function of confusion and numbness,and the effect of analgesia and comfort.Religion also plays different roles in different classes.Finally,through the study of Marx's religious thoughts,the paper analyses the positive and negative effects of religion in contemporary China,and expounds the contemporary value of Marx's religious view.Marx's religious view has important practical significance for China to stick to religious view of Marxism,implement religious policy,strengthen cultural construction and promote construction of both social harmony and a community of shared future for mankind.Scientific application of Marx's religious view is the demand to correctly handle religiousproblems and achieve social development.