费尔巴哈在《基督教的本质》中从人本学唯物主义的立场出发，阐明了基督教神学的秘密，认为它实质上是人本学，分析批判了基督教及神学，批驳了黑格尔思辨哲学关于基督教的错误观点。《基督教的本质》在当时唯心主义占据统治地位的条件下，其中所阐述的唯物主义与无神论思想，对先进的知识分子起了思想解放的影响。

路德维希·费尔巴哈，德国著名哲学家。费尔巴哈直接影响了卡尔?马克思和许多人。他提出的存在着的“实体” 观点早于存在主义。他提出的研究宗教的方法使人们从社会学、历史学和其他 非宗教角度研究宗教成为可能。

导读
CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
EART I THE TRUE OR ANTHROPOLOGIAL
ESSENCE OF RELIGION
CHAPTER Ⅱ GOD AS A BEING OF THE
UNDERSTANDING
CHAPTER Ⅲ GOD AS A MORAL BEING.OR IAW
CHAPTER Ⅳ THE M=YSTERY OF THE INCARNATION
OR，GOD AS LOVE，AS A BEING OF THE HEAR
CHAPTER Ⅴ THE MYSTERY 0F THE SUFFERING GOD
CHAPTER Ⅵ THE MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY AND
THE MOTHER OF GOD
CHAPTER Ⅶ THE MYSTERY OF THE LOGOS AND
DIⅥNE IAGE
CHAPTER Ⅷ THE RYOFTHE
COSMOGONICAI PRINICLE GOD
CHAPTER Ⅸ THE MYSTERY OF MYSTICISM．OR OF
NATURE IN GOD
CHAPTER Ⅹ THE MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE AND
CREATION OUT OF NOTHING
CHAPTER Ⅺ THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
CREATION IN JUDAISM
CHAPTER Ⅻ THE OMNIPOTENCE OF FEELING．
OR THE MⅣSTERY OF PR AYER
CHAPTER ⅩⅢ THE MYSTERY OF FAITH—THE
MYSTERY OF MIRACLE
CHAPTER ⅩⅣ THE MYSTERY OF THE
RESURRECTION AND 0F THE MIRACULOUS
CONCEPTION
CHAPTER ⅩⅤ THE MYSTERY OF THE CHRISTIAN
CHRIST OR THE PERSONAL GOD
CHAPTER ⅩⅥ THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN
CHRISTIANITY AND HEATHENISM
CHAPTER ⅩⅦ THE CHRISTIAN SIGNIFICANCE OF
VOLUNTARY CELIBACY AND MONACHISM
CHAPTER ⅩⅧ THE CHRISTIAN HEAVEN．OR
PERSONAL IMMORTAIITY
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ THE CONTRADICTION IN THE
SACRAMENTS
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ THE CONTRADICTION OF FAITH
ANDLOVE
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤⅦ CONCLUDING APPLITION
APPENDIX
APPENDIX EXPLANATl0NS—REMARKS—
ILLUSTRATIVE CITATl0NS
术语汇编与简释