本书是在笔者《中国古代政教关系史》上下卷的基础上压缩而成。简明、扼要地系统介绍中国从上古到近代的政教关系。第一章绪论在全面研究世界政教关系的基础上指明宗教与政治相互作用的机制，并说明中国政教关系与西方的差异。此后八章逐一介绍中国历代的政教关系，不仅说明宗教与政治的互动影响，而且系统介绍历代政府宗教管理政策的利弊得失。最后一章系统研究中国政教关系的历史特点及其宗教管理的经验教训。

“政教关系”是一个近代舶来的概念，与中国的历史进程有很大差异。本书的特色在于，力图在马克思主义指导下，实事求是地研究中国的历史资料，找到中国政教关系的本质属性，建立中国特色的政教关系理论。

This book is an abbreviated version of the first and second volumes of the author's History of the Relationship between Politics and Religion in Ancient China. This paper briefly introduces the relationship between politics and religion in China from ancient to modern times. Under the guidance of Marxism, this book seeks to study Chinese historical materials based on the facts and find out the essential attributes of this relationship, and establish the theory of the relationship between politics and religion with Chinese characteristics.

张践，男，汉族，1953年3月生。中国人民大学继续教育学院教授，国家宗教事务局特聘专家，国际儒学联合会副会长、教育传播普及委员会主任，尼山圣源书院院长，中国统一战线理论研究会甘肃民族宗教研究基地研究员。长期从事中国宗教史和中国哲学史的研究工作。出版著作：《中国宗教通史》（合著）、《中国古代政教关系史》（上下卷）、《中国历代民族宗教政策》《宗教·政治·民族》《民族宗教关系的社会理论考察》《儒学与中国宗教》《国学基础知识问答》《中庸读本》等20余种，发表《儒教与中国政治》《儒家宗教观的形成及其历史影响》等论文200多篇。

Zhang Jian, Professor of School of Continuing Education, Renmin University of China and a distinguished expert for the State Bureau of Religious Affairs. He has been engaged in the research on Chinese religious history and the history of Chinese philosophy for a long time. He has published more than 20 books, such as "Q&As on the Basic Knowledge of Chinese Culture" and "Readings on the Doctrine of the Mean", and more than 200 papers, such as "Confucianism and Chinese Politics" and "the Formation and Historical Influence of Confucian Religious Views".