威尔弗雷德.坎特韦尔.史密斯通过对“宗教”概念的演化历史的考察和分析,得出的结论是我们应该放弃这个概念而以“信仰”和“累积的传统”这两个单独的概念来取代它。本文认为这种观念虽有见地,但这种术语的变革未必能够达成,更为现实的做法是我们在使用这个概念时对语言的歧义性和误导性抱以警觉,改变思维方式,放弃对宗教本质的追求而把它视为一个集合名称而在特定的研究范围或语境中为它暂定界限。 By examining and analyzing the evolutionary history of the concept of “religion,” Wilfred Cantrow concluded that we should abandon the concept and accumulate “faith” and “ Tradition ”these two separate concepts to replace it. This paper holds that although this concept has some insight, the change of this term may not be able to be achieved. It is more realistic for us to use this concept to be alert to the ambiguity and misleadingness of language, to change the way of thinking and to abandon religion The pursuit of the essence, while treating it as a collection name, tentatively sets boundaries for it within a particular area of ​​study or context.