Date of Pub: 2021-12

ISBN: 978-1-60633-599-4

Author: He Husheng

About the Author

He Husheng, Level-2 Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Marxism Studies of Renmin University of China; Vice President of the Research Institute of the CPC History and Building of Renmin University of China; Deputy Direetor of the Advanced Innovation Center for Ideological and Political Theories of Universities in Beijing: member of the Chinese Society of Religion; distinguished expert of the National Religious Affairs Administration.He has presided over more than 20 national projects, including major project of the National Social Science Fund of China, project of the National Social Science Fund of China, major project of the Social Science Fund of the Ministry of Education, major project of the Social Science Fund of Beijing City, project of the Project to Study and Develop Marxist Theory, major project entrusted by national ministries and commissions, key books in the 11th, 12th, and 13th Five-Year Plans of China, and the National Publishing Fund Projects in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017, He has won more than 20 provincial, ministerial, and national awards.

 

About the Content

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, Xi Jinping has made a series of important speeches and instructions on religious work and formed new thoughts, ideas, and strategies related to the work, i.e., strengthening and improving the Party’s centralized and unified leadership over religious work; sticking to and developing the socialist religious theory with Chinese characteristics; correctly viewing the special importance of religious work in the overall work of the Party and the state: focusing on unstable and uncertain factors in religious domain to prevent and defuse major risks;, master the initiative of religious work with the “‘guiding” attitude:adhering to the Party’s basic policy on religious work; adhering to the sinicization orientation of Chinese religions; supporting religious organizations in self improvement and talent cultivation;and improving the rule of law in religious work, These are important components of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the Marxist religious view of contemporary China in the 21st century, and the essence of the times of Chinese culture and spirit. They have made a new leap forward in the sinicization of Marxist religious view and provided fundamental guidance for religious work in the new era.