清朝开启了真正融合北方游牧文化与中原农耕文化的时代，同时又是中国传统统治思想与近代西方基督教文明产生激烈碰撞的时期。清朝国家的这一特性，决定了清朝宗教政策的特征是：以儒家文化和藏传佛教为主导，兼顾传统释道和伊斯兰教，排斥新“入侵”的基督教。有清一代，佛教、道教、伊斯兰教、基督教各自的境遇虽然不同，但均对清朝国家产生了影响，尤其是藏传佛教对蒙藏地区的影响更加深远。总体来看，清廷对各类宗教基本采取一种政治功利化的态度，有利有用则推举，无利无用则抑制，这也是清代统治者始终没有为后来的某一宗教所控制、各教派的兴衰基本限制在皇权之下的根本原因。

Manchu，together with the Qing Dynasty which it established，ushered in a new era that integrated the northern nomadic culture and the agricultural culture in the Central Plains of China，an era that witnessed intense collisions between Chinese traditional ruling ideology and modern western Christian civilizationBecause of such characteristics as mentioned above，the feature of religious policies in Qing Dynasty was bound to be dominated by Confucian culture and Tibetan Buddhism，taking Buddhism Taoism and Islam into account while rejecting the new invasive ChristianityIn the Qing Dynasty，though the circumstances for interior Buddhism，Taoism，Islam and Christianity were different，Tibetan Buddhism indeed had an unusual impact on the dynastyBut generally speaking，the Qing Dynasty adopted a political utilitarian attitude towards all kinds of religions: have it promoted if beneficial and useful，and restrained if profitless and uselessThat was the fundamental reason why Manchu rulers had never been controlled by any of the religions and the rise and fall of different religious sects were basically confined to the range of imperial power