Abstract:

The modernization in China has entered into the fast lane. Since the process of realizing modernization is the process of completing transition of society, the reform in such fields as economy, politics and society, as well as the vitality brought to the Chinese society, also makes people, under the unfamiliar environment, face greater opportunity, challenge and risk. While the establishment of market economic system and the introduction of competition mechanism greatly improve people' s quality of life, they feel than ever before a greater pressure of survive and psychology. But what modernization brings about is not only in material life, but also in spiritual life. It is the general trend for human beings to pursue the spiritual life suitable for their own, exploring the value and meaning of life, and concerning about the ultimate existence and surpassing self. Compared with the beginning of reform and openingup, China' s current social environments change so greatly that China' s modernization achievements, while changing people' s material mode of life, produce the pursuit of spiritual life and diversified believes. Under the context of culture and society mention above, it is urgent for theoretical circles to reflect on the relation between the modern society and religion. The global religious revival since 1970s is a reaction to the rapid change of society, also a rebound to the modernity, or, to be exact, a result of the selfreform and selfregulation of the world' s religions with the speeding of the globalization in economy, politics and culture. And, of course, the rapid development of the Chinese religion also brings about the insufficiencies in religious research and education, for example, wavering discipline position, relatively backward education, the religious policies of the Party and the government as well as the new understanding of religion by academic circles being failure to disseminate in time to the general public, many people' s understanding of religion being still in the level of 1980s. What' s more, for students in college and universities, there are many difficulties in implementation of the basic religious course taking as the core Marxist view of religion.

Key words: Key words： modern society; religious development; religious education