James Baldwin, a famous African—American writer, has experienced three stages on the view of black religion: from believing in God, to leaving the church, and then returning to write about it. His religious view bears great similarity to Derrida’s “Religion without Religion”. With decon- structionist guidance, this paper analyzes Baldwin’s deconstruction of traditional religion and his view on religion, Religion without Religion, based on an intensive reading of his religious writings represented by Go Tell it on the Mountain and The Amen Corner. While deconstructing and criticizing the hypocritical and incompetent God in the fundamental church, Baldwin tries to reconstruct a just and loving secular God, thus to realize his return to religion. His love and hate for God, contradictory but reasonable, is related to his social and historical background, personal psychological development and the trend of African—American literature in 20th century from the naturalist protest literature to modern literature based on the African—American culture.