试论宗教信仰的政治意蕴

信仰源于人类的本性需要,宗教信仰也是如此,对宗教信仰的社会作用应给以科学评价。宗教信仰之所以得到许多国家的认同和支持,在于其具有深刻的政治意蕴。它不仅是统治者进行政治统治的理论辩护工具,而且是进行社会控制和稳定社会秩序的调节器,特别是凝聚民族力量的强力粘合剂,一些重要政治运动的传播机。因此,在对待宗教信仰的态度上,我们一方面应该实行宗教信仰自由政策,另一方面必须反对封建迷信、抵制和铲除邪教。同时,维护宗教信仰的民族性特点,坚决反对利用宗教信仰作掩护的民族分裂主义。

On the Political Implications of Religious Beliefs

Like any human beliefs, religious beliefs originate from human nature. Religious beliefs attract much attention in many countries because of their political implications. A religious belief serves as the follows: rulers' theoretical weapon for their political domination, a regulator for maintaining the stability of their society, a cohesive force for increasing the power of the nation as well as the media for disseminating influential political events. As far as religious beliefs are concerned, we should, on the one hand, stick to freedom in religious beliefs, and on the other hand, resist and eliminate feudual superstitions and heretical religions. Furthermore, we should maintain the nationality feature of religious beliefs and fight against nationality splittism concealed by religious beliefs.