On the Development of Scientific Socialist Religious Outlook from the Interpretation of “Religion is the Opium of the People”
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DOI: 10.25236/ecomhs.2019.017
Corresponding Author
Yumei Yuan
Abstract
The formation of the Marxist religious outlook is a historical process. At the beginning of the founding of New China, we copied the Soviet model on religious policies; during the Cultural Revolution, all kinds of religions are suppressed. In the new period, the scientific socialist religious outlook is formed based on the reality of a socialist society. This paper takes the historical process of interpreting Marx’s “religion is the opium of the people” as an example, and outlines this period of history.
Keywords
Scientific socialism, religion, opium, separation of religion from politics