Innovative Achievements in Foundational Theoretical Research on Marxist Atheism

China is a socialist country led by the Communist Party of China. Upholding and consolidating the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological and cultural spheres, and effectively preventing and defusing ideological risks, are important tasks that must always be adhered to. Marxist atheism, as an organic component of the Marxist scientific worldview, should naturally occupy a dominant position in the ideological and cultural spheres. Strengthening its research and propaganda, and further promoting its systematization and theorization, are also inherent requirements.

我国是中国共产党领导的社会主义国家，坚持和巩固马克思主义在意识形态和思想文化领域的指导地位，有效防范化解意识形态风险，是必须始终坚持的重要任务。马克思主义无神论作为马克思主义科学世界观的有机组成部分，理所当然地应在意识形态和思想文化领域处于主导地位，加强对其研究和宣传，进一步推动其体系化学理化建设，也是题中应有之义。

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In the New Era, China’s research and propaganda work on Marxist atheism has received further attention and support from the Party and the state, entering a new stage of disciplinary construction. The China Atheism Society, the Research Center for Science and Atheism and the Marxist Atheism Research Office of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the journal *Science and Atheism*, have lived up to their mission by rallying the national research team on Marxist atheism, working in concert to promote research and propaganda on Marxist atheism, accumulating fruitful results, and laying an increasingly solid academic foundation for the disciplinary construction of Marxist atheism.

新时代，我国的马克思主义无神论研究和宣传工作进一步得到党和国家的重视和支持，进入学科建设的新阶段。中国无神论学会、中国社会科学院科学与无神论研究中心和马克思主义无神论研究室、《科学与无神论》期刊，不负使命凝聚全国马克思主义无神论研究队伍，同心合力推动马克思主义无神论研究和宣传，积累了丰硕成果，为马克思主义无神论学科建设奠定了日益坚实的学术基础。

The disciplinary construction of Marxist atheism covers multiple fields. Its cornerstone is undoubtedly the study of the atheist thought of the classical Marxist writers. The first important achievement we have seen is the book *Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin on Scientific Atheism*, meticulously compiled by the academic team of the Research Center for Science and Atheism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. This is China’s first such work, rigorous and distinctive, published by China Social Sciences Press in January 2024. The book compiles 537 relevant excerpts from the classical Marxist writers, providing relatively precise summaries of the connotations of each excerpt, thus forming a relatively complete system.

马克思主义无神论的学科建设涵盖多个领域，它的基石，毫无疑问是对马克思主义经典作家无神论思想的研究。我们已经看到的第一项重要成果，就是中国社会科学院科学与无神论研究中心的学术团队，精心编出的我国第一部厚重严谨独具特色的《马克思恩格斯列宁斯大林论科学无神论》一书，并于2024年1月由中国社会科学出版社出版。该书共辑录马克思主义经典作家相关论述537条，并对每一条论述的内涵都做出了比较精准的概括，形成了较为完整的体系。

The core of the disciplinary construction of Marxist atheism is theoretical construction. On the basis of a comprehensive compilation of excerpts from the classical Marxist writers on scientific atheism, it is further necessary to systematically sort out, comprehensively expound, and deeply grasp the classical Marxist writers’ discussions on the basic principles and fundamental laws of atheism, to “fasten the first button”[1]1 A Chinese idiom meaning that getting the first step right is crucial for everything that follows. and consolidate the foundation of Marxist atheist theoretical construction. We are pleased to see that, following the publication of *Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin on Scientific Atheism* edited by the Research Center for Science and Atheism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the academic monograph *A Study of Marx and Engels’ Atheist Thought*, edited by Zhu Xiaoming, was published by Social Sciences Academic Press in October 2025. This is another important innovative achievement in foundational theoretical research on the discipline of Marxist atheism, and it is truly gratifying.

马克思主义无神论学科建设的核心是理论建设。在全面摘编马克思主义经典作家关于科学无神论论述基础上，还要进一步系统梳理、全面阐述、深刻把握马克思主义经典作家关于无神论基本原理、基本规律的论述，“系好第一粒扣子”,夯实马克思主义无神论理论建设的基础。我们欣喜地看到，继中国社会科学院科学与无神论研究中心编的《马克思恩格斯列宁斯大林论科学无神论》一书出版之后，由朱晓明主编的学术专著《马克思恩格斯无神论思想研究》于2025年10月由社会科学文献出版社出版，这是马克思主义无神论学科基础理论研究的又一重要创新成果，可喜可贺。

Comrade Zhu Xiaoming worked for a long time in the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and other units, engaged in the Party’s work on ethnic groups and religion. He is one of the few expert-type leading cadres in this field with a relatively high level of theoretical attainment and practical experience. After retiring from leadership positions, he took on the responsibility of upholding and developing Marxism, and, drawing on his practical experience in the ideological and united front spheres, actively participated in research, propaganda, and educational work on Marxist atheism. He previously served as the chair of the fourth council of the China Atheism Society. After becoming an advisor to the society due to age, he has continued to contribute ideas and efforts for the society’s work, especially in promoting theoretical research and disciplinary construction on Marxist atheism. The publication of *A Study of Marx and Engels’ Atheist Thought* is a vivid manifestation of his unswerving and relentless pursuit.

朱晓明同志曾长期在中共中央统战部等单位从事党的民族、宗教工作，是这一领域为数不多的具有较高理论水平和实践经验的专家型领导干部之一。退出领导岗位之后，他以坚持和发展马克思主义的责任担当，以其在意识形态和统一战线领域的实践经验，积极参与了马克思主义无神论的研究和宣传教育工作。他曾担任第四届中国无神论学会理事长，因年龄关系担任学会顾问以后，依然一如既往为学会工作特别是推动马克思主义无神论理论研究和学科建设献策出力。《马克思恩格斯无神论思想研究》的出版就是他矢志不渝、不懈追求的生动体现。

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How to further innovate in the study of Marx and Engels’ atheist thought in the New Era presents considerable academic difficulty. First, the discussions on religion by Marx and Engels after they established historical materialism are essentially Marxist atheism; the two aspects overlap to a large extent. Second, there are already many accumulated achievements in works and papers on Marxist views on religion and Marxist religious theory. Third, since the topic is specifically a study of Marx and Engels’ atheist thought, it is necessary to accurately define the connotation of Marx and Engels’ atheist thought and clarify the relationship between Marxist atheism and Marxist religious studies. Fourth, there are still many controversies in academic circles regarding issues related to Marxist views on religion and Marxist atheism, and there is a need to respond with new research results.

新时代开展马克思恩格斯无神论思想的研究，如何进一步创新，是具有很大学术难度的。一是马克思恩格斯确立唯物史观以后关于宗教的论述，其实质是马克思主义无神论，两方面在很大程度上是重叠的；二是马克思主义宗教观研究、马克思主义宗教理论研究等著作、论文已经积累了很多成果；三是既然要单独以马克思恩格斯无神论思想研究为题，就要准确界定马克思恩格斯无神论思想的内涵，讲清楚马克思主义无神论同马克思主义宗教学的关系；四是对马克思主义宗教观、马克思主义无神论相关问题的研究，学界还有不少争议，面临怎样以新的研究成果予以回应。

After reading the entire book, I deeply feel that the editor has a strong sense of problem awareness, has invested considerable energy, and, on the basis of rereading a large number of original works by Marx and Engels concerning atheism and fully studying the results of previous research, has made arduous efforts at integrated innovation and comprehensive innovation with very rigorous academic standards, thereby giving this monograph its distinctive characteristics.

我通读了全书以后，深切感到编者具有很强的问题意识，投入了相当大的精力，在重读马克思恩格斯涉及无神论的大量原著，充分研究前人研究成果基础上，以十分严谨的学术规范进行集成创新、综合创新的艰苦努力，从而使这部专著具有鲜明的特色。

1. The basic orientation of the book’s research object, objectives, and primary target readership is very clear.

1.该书研究的对象、目标以及主要面向的读者群的基本定位十分明确

The research results on atheism promoted by the China Atheism Society must not only enter the academic殿堂 with high quality but, more importantly, be transformed into a real force for atheist propaganda and education.

中国无神论学会推动的无神论研究成果，不仅要以高水平的质量跻身学术殿堂，更重要的是要转化为无神论宣传教育的现实力量。

This monograph, titled *A Study of Marx and Engels’ Atheist Thought*, comprising over 300,000 characters, is, to my knowledge, the first of its kind in academic circles and has pioneering significance. Its research object is very clear. As the editor states, following the approach of “reading the original works, studying the original texts, and comprehending the original principles,”[2]2 A standard formulation in the study of Marxist theory, emphasizing direct engagement with the original texts. it focuses on studying the atheist thought of Marx and Engels, concentrating on citing their discussions on atheism, without excessively including their discussions on materialist dialectics, historical materialism, or religion, in order to highlight the theme of atheism.

以《马克思恩格斯无神论思想研究》命名的这本约有30多万字的专著，据我所知是学界的第一部，具有开拓性意义。它的研究对象很明确，如编者所说，按照“读原著、学原文、悟原理”的思路，以研读马克思恩格斯的无神论思想为主要目标，集中引用他们关于无神论的论述，而没有过多收录其关于唯物辩证法、历史唯物论以及关于宗教的论述，以更突出无神论的主题。

The intended readership of this book is clearly defined, focusing primarily on Party cadres at all levels, especially propaganda cadres, united front cadres, religious work cadres, teachers engaged in teaching and research on Marxist atheism in higher education institutions, and graduate students specializing in atheism research.

明确本书预期的读者，重点是党的各级干部，特别是宣传干部、统战干部、宗教工作干部和高校从事马克思主义无神论教学研究的教师和无神论研究方向的研究生。

Therefore, in the research and writing process, the editor-in-chief, on the one hand, studied and digested the new results of relevant research by experts and scholars in recent years in great detail; on the other hand, centering on the basic viewpoints and fundamental principles of Marxist atheism, and focusing on ideological and theoretical issues that people find perplexing, provided targeted interpretations and explanations. At the same time, the textual expression strives for precision and is presented in a simple and clear manner, bringing Marxist atheism out of the scholar’s study and turning it into an ideological and theoretical weapon that can be grasped by the vast number of Party cadres, especially those working on the front line. This will enable it to play a more beneficial and effective role in safeguarding national ideological security, forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation,[3]3 A key political concept in contemporary China, referring to the sense of belonging and solidarity among all ethnic groups within the Chinese nation. and doing a good job in practical work such as propaganda, ideological and political education, united front work, and religious affairs.

因此，在研究写作中，主编一方面十分详尽地研究和消化了近些年来专家学者相关研究的新成果；另一方面又围绕马克思主义无神论的基本观点、基本原理，着眼于人们感到困惑的思想理论问题，做出了有针对性的解读和阐释。同时在文字表述上力图精准且深入浅出，使马克思主义无神论从学者的书斋中走出来，成为能为广大党员干部，特别是在第一线工作的干部所掌握的思想理论武器，在维护国家意识形态安全，铸牢中华民族共同体意识，做好宣传、思政、统战、宗教等各项实际工作中发挥更加有益有效的作用。

2. The structural framework of the discussion, combining history and theory and ultimately rising to theoretical exploration, is clear, concise, and logically rigorous.

2.史论结合的论述最后上升到理论探索的结构框架清晰简明、逻辑严密

Compared with previous works on Marx and Engels’ religious thought and religious theory, the editor-in-chief of this book has constructed the research results with distinctive characteristics.

与以往有关马克思恩格斯宗教思想宗教理论研究的著作相比，该书主编对于研究成果进行了颇具特色的建构。

On the basis of the introduction clarifying the book’s purpose, the first part vertically extracts four stages—ideological transformation, conceptual establishment, domain expansion, and practical development—to sort out the historical thread of the formation and development of Marx and Engels’ atheist thought more accurately and clearly than before. We can see that the discussion in this part is very detailed and substantial, occupying half of the book. It demonstrates how Marx and Engels’ thought transformed from theism to atheism, how Marxist atheism was founded and emerged, how it developed in the practice of the international communist movement, and especially how Engels further theoretically elevated their atheist thought. With its rich data and meticulous analysis, it lays a solid foundation for further constructing the system of Marxist atheism.

在导言阐明全书宗旨的基础上，第一篇在纵向上提炼出思想转变、观念确立、领域拓展、实践发展，以这四个阶段对马克思恩格斯无神论思想形成发展的历史脉络作出了比以往更为准确清晰的梳理。我们看到，这一篇的论述十分详尽厚重，篇幅占据了全书的一半，展示了马克思恩格斯的思想是如何从有神论向无神论转变，马克思主义无神论的创立和问世，如何在国际共产主义运动实践中发展，特别是恩格斯如何进一步将他们的无神论思想进行了理论提升的过程，以其资料占有的丰富，条分缕析的细密，为进一步建构马克思主义无神论体系打下了深厚的基础。

On the basis of the vertical exposition, the second part horizontally demonstrates the basic viewpoints and fundamental principles of Marx and Engels’ atheist thought from five aspects: philosophical materialist dialectics, historical materialism, epistemology, axiology, and the theory of practice. On this basis, it extends to discussing the theory and practice of atheist thought in Marxist political economy and scientific socialism. This allows readers to clearly see that the atheist thought of Marx and Engels covers and runs through the three components of Marxism. The discussion achieves an organic combination of depth and breadth and is innovative.

第二篇在纵向阐述的基础上，在横向上从哲学的唯物辩证法、历史唯物论、认识论、价值论、实践论五个方面论证了马克思恩格斯无神论思想的基本观点、基本原理，并以此为基础延伸到论述无神论思想在马克思主义政治经济学和科学社会主义的理论和实践。使读者清楚地看到马克思恩格斯的无神论思想覆盖贯穿于马克思主义的三个组成部分，论述上做到了深度和广度的有机结合，具有创新性。

The third part, building on the horizontal and vertical studies of the first two parts, settles into a theoretical exploration of how to construct and develop Marxist atheism in contemporary China, clarifying views on the fundamental issues of the theoretical construction of Marxist atheism. It highly evaluates the immense vitality of Marxist atheism in the contemporary world, especially its innovative development in China since entering the New Era. Finally, it concludes with advancing the theoretical construction of Marxist atheism, returning to the original intention of studying Marx and Engels’s atheist thought. The structure of the entire book is clear and concise, with rigorous logic.

第三篇是在前两篇纵横研究的基础上，落脚到对于在当代中国如何建构和发展马克思主义无神论进行的理论探索，阐明了对于马克思主义无神论理论建构基本问题的观点。高度评价了马克思主义无神论在当代世界的巨大生命力，特别是进入新时代马克思主义无神论在中国的创新发展。最后，以推进马克思主义无神论理论建设作为结束语，落脚到研究马克思恩格斯无神论思想的初衷。全书结构清晰简明，逻辑严密。

3. It provides an innovative analysis of the overall construction of Marx and Engels’s atheist thought.

3.对马克思恩格斯无神论思想的整体建构进行了具有新意的解析

This is concentrated in the second part of the book. Its innovation lies in proposing that Marx and Engels’s atheist thought runs through and covers the three components of Marxism: philosophy, political economy, and scientific socialism. This is also the book’s highlight.

这集中反映在该书的第二篇。其创新之意在于提出了马克思恩格斯的无神论思想是贯穿和覆盖马克思主义的三个组成部分：哲学、政治经济学、科学社会主义之中的观点，也是本书的出彩之处。

At the philosophical level, the editors argue from five aspects. Namely, dialectical materialism draws on the intellectual resources of atheism while elevating the level of atheism; historical materialism realizes the practical transformation of atheism and finds the strength of the proletariat; in epistemology, Marxist atheism does not simply negate theistic concepts but further explains the origin, essence, and laws of theism and religion; in axiology, it affirms the important role of atheism in social development and progress; in praxis, it proposes principles and strategies for carrying out propaganda and education on Marxist atheism.

在哲学层面，编者从五个方面进行了论证。即唯物辩证法汲取了无神论思想资源，又提升了无神论的高度；历史唯物论实现了无神论的实践转化，并找到了无产阶级的力量；在认识论上，马克思主义无神论并不是简单地否定有神论观念，而是进一步阐释了有神论和宗教的起源、本质和规律；在价值论方面，肯定了无神论对社会发展进步的重要作用；在实践论方面，提出了开展马克思主义无神论宣传教育的原则和策略。

In political economy, the author, through the critique of alienation theory and the phenomenon of the religionization of capitalist society, the analysis of “commodity fetishism,” and the historical materialist analysis of the relationship between religion and economy, clarifies the application and development of atheist thought in Marxist political economy.

在政治经济学方面，作者以异化理论与资本主义社会的宗教化现象批判，对“拜物教”的剖析，对宗教和经济关系的唯物史观分析，阐明了无神论思想在马克思主义政治经济学中的运用和发展。

Regarding how atheist thought is applied and developed in the theory and practice of scientific socialism, this book proposes that scientific socialism takes atheist thought as its starting point, that atheism played an important role in the development of socialism from utopian to scientific, and especially that the *Communist Manifesto* provides a series of important guiding principles for correctly understanding religious phenomena and religious issues.

关于无神论思想在科学社会主义理论和实践中如何运用和发展，本书提出了科学社会主义是以无神论思想为起点，社会主义从空想到科学的发展中无神论发挥了重要作用，特别是《共产党宣言》为正确认识宗教现象和宗教问题提供了一系列重要的指导原则。

It is precisely because atheist thought permeates and runs through the three components of Marxism that Marx and Engels gradually led atheism from “interpreting the world” to “changing the world,” and further enriched and developed atheism in the application and practice of changing the world.

正是有了无神论思想渗透、贯穿于马克思主义的三个组成部分，马克思恩格斯逐步把无神论从“解释世界”引向“改造世界”,并在改造世界的运用和实践中进一步丰富和发展了无神论。

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The theoretical exploration of the construction of Marxist atheology with Chinese characteristics for the New Era, advancing toward a systematic and theoretically rigorous framework, is the direction and ultimate goal of current research on Marx and Engels’s atheist thought.

对新时代中国特色马克思主义无神论学科建设进行理论探索，朝建构体系化学理化的理论框架推进，是当今马克思恩格斯无神论思想研究的方向和落脚点。

The research achievements on Marx and Engels’s atheist thought must be combined with the construction of Marxist atheology with Chinese characteristics for the New Era in order to further radiate its powerful vitality. Marx and Engels clearly demonstrated the stance of atheism and provided later generations with theoretical and practical guidance for adhering to this stance, but they could not foresee the specific circumstances of later development. During the period of the Soviet Communist Party’s rule, in order to consolidate and develop socialist ideology and handle religious issues in the socialist period, it adhered to and developed Marxist atheism, accumulating some experience but also leaving profound lessons. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, atheism withdrew from the historical stage and disappeared. Only in socialist China has the research, propaganda, and education of Marxist atheism persisted and further embarked on the path of adapting to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.

马克思恩格斯无神论思想的研究成果必须同新时代中国特色的马克思主义无神论学科建设相结合才能进一步焕发其强大生命力。马克思恩格斯鲜明地表明了无神论的立场，并为后人坚持这一立场提供了理论和实践的指南，但是他们无法预见后来发展的具体情况。苏联共产党执政时期，为巩固和发展社会主义的意识形态以及处理好社会主义时期的宗教问题，坚持和发展马克思主义无神论，积累了一些经验，但也留下了深刻教训，苏联解体以后，无神论则退出历史舞台，销声匿迹。只有在社会主义中国，马克思主义无神论的研究宣传教育坚持了下来，并进一步走上中国化、时代化的道路。

In the third part of the book, the author conducts theoretical exploration and system construction from the aspects of the basic knowledge and basic theory of Marxist atheism, its historical position in the history of thought, the relationship between atheism and related disciplines, and the objective factors and basic laws of the development of atheism.

在本书的第三篇，作者从马克思主义无神论基本知识、基本理论，其在思想史上的历史方位、无神论与相关学科的关系和无神论发展的客观因素与基本规律等方面，进行了理论探索和体系构建。

Drawing on numerous research results from the academic community, the author proposes that atheism is a theory revealing the non-existence of “gods,” and provides a concise outline of its connotation and the development of atheist thought in history, arguing that one should treat atheism in Chinese and foreign history historically and with a developmental perspective; it explains the important thesis put forward by the Chinese Communist Party that “Marxist atheism is an important component of the dialectical materialist and historical materialist worldview,” and proposes that, with the theoretical construction of Marxist atheism as the core and hallmark, we should gradually form the academic system, disciplinary system, and discourse system of Marxist atheism, including the principles of atheism, the critique of theism, the history of Chinese and foreign atheism, current trends in foreign atheism, as well as the relationships between atheism and religion, science, morality, culture, education, philosophy, and politics, the relationships between atheism and social development, lifestyles, and modes of thinking, and the status of atheism in socialist theory and practice, propaganda and education, etc.

作者在汲取学界众多研究成果的基础上，提出无神论是揭示“神”不存在的理论，并就其内涵以及历史上无神论思想的发展进行了简明的勾画，认为要以发展的观念，历史地对待中外历史上的无神论；阐释中国共产党提出的“马克思主义无神论是辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义世界观的重要组成部分”的重要论断，提出要以马克思主义无神论理论建设为核心和标志，逐步形成马克思主义无神论的学术体系、学科体系、话语体系，包括无神论原理、有神论批判、中外无神论史、当前国外无神论思潮，以及无神论与宗教、科学、道德、文化、教育、哲学、政治等关系，无神论与社会发展、生活方式、思维方式的关系，无神论在社会主义理论和实践中的地位、宣传教育等。

In the process of theoretical exploration, this book also responds to some issues of concern in the academic study of Marxist atheism. For example, what is the relationship between the two concepts of “Marxist atheism” and “scientific atheism” formed during the rising period of capitalism? The author conducts an examination of academic history in light of the research situation in the academic community. It proposes that the concept of “scientific atheism” roughly reflects the form of atheism that, based on the achievements of natural science during the rising period of capitalism, negated theism. Because this form of atheism did not reveal the social roots of theism, its scientificity is limited. Marxist atheism precisely breaks through this historical limitation of “scientific atheism,” thereby completing its transcendence and becoming the most scientific and thorough atheism.

在理论探索过程中，本书还回应了马克思主义无神论研究中学界关注的一些问题。例如，“马克思主义无神论”与资本主义上升时期形成的“科学无神论”这两个概念是怎样的关系?作者结合学界的研究状况进行了学术史的考察。提出“科学无神论”这个概念大体上反映了在资本主义上升时期以自然科学的成果为基础的否定有神论的无神论形态。由于这种形态的无神论没有揭示出有神论的社会根源，因而它的科学性是有限的。而马克思主义无神论恰恰破除了这种“科学无神论”的历史局限性，从而完成对它的超越，成为最为科学和彻底的无神论。

Another example: what is the relationship between Marxist atheism and Marxist religious studies? In recent years, there have been numerous discussions in academic circles regarding the connotation of Marxist atheism and its interrelationship with the Marxist view of religion and even Marxist religious studies, and a general consensus has not yet been reached. To more precisely expound Marx and Engels’s atheist thought, this book conducts in-depth research on the current state of academic research, explains new academic viewpoints, and holds that Marx and Engels’s atheist thought mainly includes three aspects: first, the basic stance that “there is no god in the world”; second, the analysis and critique of “religious theism”; third, the policies and strategies of the proletarian party for understanding and handling issues of religion and atheism. The research objects and guiding ideologies of Marxist atheism and Marxist religious studies are consistent; both target theistic concepts and the phenomenon of believing in gods, and both must adhere to the guidance of historical materialism. However, their research content has different emphases. Marxist atheism belongs to research in the ideological sphere, focusing on the theoretical analysis of theistic concepts, while also studying and proposing the realization paths and practical requirements for maintaining the dominant position of Marxist atheism in the ideological sphere. Marxist religious studies involves both the ideological attributes of religion and its attributes as a social entity; it not only studies various religious phenomena, issues, and the laws of the emergence, development, and extinction of religion, but also proposes the principles and policies for the proletarian party to understand and handle religious issues. Thus, the main direction and focus of research on Marxist atheism are further clarified.

再如，马克思主义无神论与马克思主义宗教学是怎样的关系?近些年，学术界对于马克思主义无神论的内涵及与马克思主义宗教观乃至马克思主义宗教学的相互关系有众多的讨论，至今尚未形成普遍的共识。该书为了更精准地阐述马克思恩格斯的无神论思想，对学界目前的研究状况进行了深入研究，阐释了学界的新观点，认为马克思恩格斯无神论思想主要包括三个方面的内容：一是“世上无神”的基本立场；二是对“宗教有神”的剖析批判；三是无产阶级政党认识和处理宗教与无神论问题的政策策略。马克思主义无神论和马克思主义宗教学的研究对象和指导思想是一致的，都是针对有神的观念和信神的现象，都要坚持唯物史观的指导。但是，二者的研究内容有所侧重，马克思主义无神论属于意识形态领域的研究，重点是对有神论观念进行学理上的剖析，同时要研究和提出在意识形态领域始终保持马克思主义无神论主导地位的实现路径和实践要求。马克思主义宗教学，既涉及宗教的意识形态属性又涉及宗教的社会实体属性，不仅对宗教的各种现象、问题和宗教发生发展和消亡的规律进行研究，而且要提出无产阶级政党认识与处理宗教问题的原则和政策。由此，进一步明确了马克思主义无神论研究的主要方向和重点。

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has, as always, attached importance to and promoted the innovative development of Marxist atheism, proposing requirements such as adhering to Marxist atheism as a major principle and always maintaining Marxist atheism as the mainstream ideology occupying a dominant position in the minds of the people. *A Study of Marx and Engels’s Atheist Thought*, edited by Zhu Xiaoming, elaborates on these original important achievements and their internal connections. For scholars, especially young students, who persist in and are committed to researching and propagating Marxist atheism, to comprehensively and deeply grasp the theoretical foundation of Marxist atheism, I suggest they should carefully read this book.

党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央一如既往地重视并推动马克思主义无神论的创新发展，提出坚持马克思主义无神论是大原则，始终保持马克思主义无神论作为主流意识形态在人民群众思想中占据主导地位等要求。朱晓明主编的《马克思恩格斯无神论思想研究》,深入阐述了这些原创性重要成果及其内在联系。对于坚持和致力于研究和宣传马克思主义无神论的学者们，特别是青年学子们来说，要全面深入把握马克思主义无神论的理论基础，我建议应该好好研读一下这本书。