Building religious freedom in Portugal: from the legal trail to the perception of religious freedom among evangelical leaders

Today, 90% of the countries in the world already have clauses on religious freedom in their key legal texts. In view of this, one might ask: what is yet to be discussed regarding this subject? Have we not achieved an end of history concerning religious freedom? In fact, the Portuguese case, while us...

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Autores: Moniz, Jorge Botelho, Pinto, Paulo Mendes, Brissos-Lino, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repositorio:Rever (São Paulo. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/51897
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/rever/article/view/51897
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Liberdade religiosa
Diálogo inter-religioso
Lideranças evangélicas
Perceção
Portugal
Religious freedom
Interfaith dialogue
Evangelical leaders
Perception
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Sumario:Today, 90% of the countries in the world already have clauses on religious freedom in their key legal texts. In view of this, one might ask: what is yet to be discussed regarding this subject? Have we not achieved an end of history concerning religious freedom? In fact, the Portuguese case, while usually claimed as a good example of religious freedom, continues to challenge this assumption. Our work focuses precisely on the analysis of these challenges. Through a questionnaire applied to evangelical leaders in Portugal, we analyze the perception of religious freedom in the country. We conclude that, although there is a well-defined system of State-religious separation and a relatively advanced regime of religious freedom, in Portugal there seems to be a certain dichotomy between de facto and de jure religious freedom.