Abstract: As a subject, the religious sociology has just made a start in China after the “reform and open to the outside world”. An Analysis of the view of the Chinese academic circle on the religious sociology and its main development and learning team, can understand its developing process in China's mainland after 1980s as well as the present problems in the research for the subject. The fruit of the research will give a definite influence on the normal development of the Chinese religion, even the Chinese society.

Key words: contemporary religion in China, positive study
, religious sociology