近代西方关于宗教本质的几种观点

摘要

在近代西方的宗教学领域,关于宗教本质有几种典型的观点：一是侧重以崇拜对象为中心来规定宗教的本质;二是从宗教的社会功能的角度来规定宗教的本质;三是倾向于把信仰主体的个人体验作为宗教的本质。马克思和恩格斯对于宗教的本质给出了自己的观点。%In the field of religious studies in modem western society, there are several typical views on religious nature: the first view focuses on stipulating the essence of religion with the objects of worship as the center; the second view stipulates the essence of religion from the perspectives of the social function of religion; the third view tends to take the personal experience of the subject of belief as the essence of religion. Marx and Engels gave their own views on the essence of religion.