Em nome do Laico, do Cisma, da Liberdade Religiosa, amém
This paper discusses how religious freedom is being presented at the Brazilian Parliament. First, a short conceptual discussion on secularization and laicité is presented, assuming that both categories refer to religious transformations in modernity, although with different meanings: whereas secular...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repository: | Plural (São Paulo. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/179714 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/plural/article/view/179714 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Secularization Laicité Religious freedom Brazilian National Congress Secularização Laicidade Liberdade religiosa Congresso Nacional |
| Summary: | This paper discusses how religious freedom is being presented at the Brazilian Parliament. First, a short conceptual discussion on secularization and laicité is presented, assuming that both categories refer to religious transformations in modernity, although with different meanings: whereas secularization regards a “split” between State and religion, laicité refers to multiples religious participation perspectives on public sphere – atheist included. The latter has become a constitutional principle through the institution of freedom of believe. Second, a qualitative analysis of 72 draft bills on religious freedom issues in course on the Brazilian National Congress is presented. Data suggests that both categories – the separation between State and religion, and religious participation on public sphere – are set by representatives in the name of freedom of believe, but specifically on christian axiological perspective. Therefore, religious pluralism, a fundamental principle to constructing laicité and religious freedom, has been put into question by legislative practice. |
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