Science and Atheism, Issue 5, 2024 (Total Issue 151) | Marxism Research Network

Systematically Advancing the Sinicization of Religions in Our Country — Zhang Zhuping
Advancing the Party's Religious Work in the New Era by Deepening the "Two Combinations" ^[1] — Zhang Xiaochen
Lenin's Critique of the "God-Builders" ^[2] and Its Contemporary Significance — Yang Mingyan
Cai Hesen's ^[3] Thoughts on Scientific Atheism and Their Contemporary Insights — Geng Guobin
An Analysis of Zhou Enlai's ^[4] Thought on Religious Work in the Early Period of New China — Ma Xiaochen
A Reinterpretation of Religious Norms in Our Country's Constitution — Li Songlin
An Inquiry into Advancing the Propaganda and Education of Marxist Atheism Under the Horizon of the "Second Combination" ^[5] — Wu Jiaqi
Strengthening Propaganda and Education on Atheism is an Important Focal Point for Maintaining the Purity of Belief Among Party Members and Cadres — Gao Yuanbo
The Dialectics of "Orthodoxy" and "Heresy" — Liu Fumin
On Zhu Zhixin's ^[6] Atheistic Thought — Wang Ran
An Analysis of Yang Xiong's ^[7] Atheistic Thought — Gong Yiqi
The Resource Dependency of Cult Organizations and Preventive Countermeasures — Dong Haoyun

Back Cover: Fighting God: An Atheist Manifesto for a Religious World Author: David Silverman — President of American Atheists and one of the most prominent atheists in the United States.

Notes

↩ [1] 两个结合 (liǎng gè jié hé): The "Two Combinations." A theoretical formulation by Xi Jinping stating that Marxism must be combined with "China's specific reality" and "China's fine traditional culture."

↩ [2] 造神派 (zào shén pài): Refers to the "God-building" (Bogostroitel’stvo) movement in pre-revolutionary Russia, led by figures like Lunacharsky and Gorky, who sought to create a new "socialist religion" to inspire the masses. Lenin fiercely critiqued this in Materialism and Empirio-criticism.

↩ [3] 蔡和森 (Cài Hé sēn): An early leader of the CPC and a close comrade of Mao Zedong, known for being one of the first to systematically introduce Marxist theory and the history of the Comintern to China.

↩ [4] 周恩来 (Zhōu Ēn lái): The first Premier of the People's Republic of China. His "religious work" often refers to the United Front policy, which sought to win over religious leaders to support the new socialist state while maintaining a strictly secular and atheist Party leadership.

↩ [5] 第二个结合 (dì èr gè jié hé): The "Second Combination." Specifically refers to the combination of Marxism with China's fine traditional culture, a core component of Xi Jinping's recent ideological development to root Marxism in Chinese civilization.

↩ [6] 朱执信 (Zhū Zhí xìn): (1885–1920) A key revolutionary democrat and close associate of Sun Yat-sen. He was one of the earliest Chinese intellectuals to introduce the Communist Manifesto and class struggle to China before the CPC's founding.

↩ [7] 扬雄 (Yáng Xióng): (53 BCE – 18 CE) A prominent philosopher and poet of the Han Dynasty. In the context of atheism, he is studied for his rationalist criticisms of divination, omens, and the pursuit of immortality popular in his era.