“类”(die Gattung)概念是费尔巴哈在其宗教批判过程中提出并系统发挥的.它是费尔巴哈《基督教的本质》一书的中心范畴.按照费尔巴哈的观点,宗教无非就是人的本质的启示和表达,而上帝则无非就是人格化的“类”概念.因此,宗教批判的根本目的归结为将神还原为“类”,或者说,用“类”来废除、替代神和宗教. The concept of “die Gattung”, which Feuerbach put forward and systematically plays in the course of his religious criticism, is the centerpiece of Feuerbach’s book The Essence of Christianity. According to Feuerbach, Religion is nothing more than the enlightenment and expression of human nature, and God is nothing more than the concept of personification. Therefore, the fundamental purpose of religious criticism comes down to the reduction of God as a “category” or “category” to repeal, Replaces god and religion.