Science and Atheism, Issue 1, 2017 (Total Issue No. 105) | Marxism Research Network

Zhu Xiaoming Adhering to Marxist Atheism is a Matter of Great Principle

Sun Bailin Confused Logic Inevitably Leads to Absurd Conclusions

Wang Yuehu Communist Party Members Cannot Hold Religious Beliefs ^[1]

Huang Yanhong Summary of 2016 Academic Conferences

Jia Runguo A Solemn Call to Strengthen Ideological Work

Hao Ruibin, Zhang Xiangjun A Brief Discussion on the Attitudes and Policies of the Communist League toward Religion and Religious Issues ^[2]

Wang Qichang Actively Guiding Religion to Adapt to a Socialist Society in Light of the Trump Phenomenon ^[3]

Li Chaoying A Paper Lacking Argumentation

Tu Jianhua A Critique of Contemporary Mystical Ideology

Wang Yanmin Important Theoretical Achievements in the Current Struggle Against Separatism ^[4]

Zong Cai’e Chinese Communists Have Always Been Staunch Atheists

Xu Ying, Miao Fangming An Inquiry into the Role of Buddhism in the Development of Science and Technology during the Sui and Tang Dynasties

Ning Wenxiao An Exploration of Approaches for Universities to Guide Students in Correcting and Defending Against Cult Infiltration ^[5]

Back Cover: "Why Our Children are Atheists"

Web Editor: Lanheshui

Notes

↩ [1] 共产党员不能信仰宗教 (Gòngchǎndǎngyuán bùnéng xìnyǎng zōngjiào): This refers to the organizational requirement of "ideological purity" within the CPC. Unlike many Western secular or social-democratic parties where religious belief is a private matter, CPC members are required to be dialectical materialists and are formally prohibited from belonging to any religious organization or practicing religious rites.

↩ [2] 共产主义者同盟 (Gòngchǎnzhǔyìzhě Tóngméng): The Communist League (1847–1852), the international political party for which Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto. Chinese scholarship often analyzes the League's early tactical handling of religion to provide historical legitimacy for contemporary CPC religious policy.

↩ [3] 积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应 (jījí yǐndǎo zōngjiào yǔ shèhuì zhǔyì shèhuì xiāng shìyìng): This is a foundational principle of the CPC’s religious work. It implies that while religion exists, the state must actively "guide" it so that religious doctrines, customs, and morality support—or at least do not conflict with—socialist stability and national development.

↩ [4] 反分裂斗争 (fǎn fēnliè dòuzhēng): The "struggle against separatism." In the Chinese political context, this specifically refers to state actions against independence movements in regions such as Tibet and Xinjiang. In this journal's context, the focus is often on the intersection of religious extremism and ethnic separatism.

↩ [5] 邪教 (xiéjiào): Literally "heterodox teachings." While often translated as "cults," the term has a specific legal and historical meaning in China, referring to organizations that the state deems socially disruptive or politically subversive under the guise of religion. This includes groups like Falun Gong or the Church of Almighty God.