A DIMENSÃO PEDAGÓGICA DAS EXPERIÊNCIAS RELIGIOSAS: UMA EPISTEMOLOGIA A PARTIR DA CULTURA AMAPAENSE

Abstract

Religious Education is still involved in a broad and deep process of discussions. We believe that the major reason for this process of rediscovery lies in the fact that, despite being an old acquaintance of humanity, however, has only recently been incorporated as one of science substrates. And this social recognition, reflected in its incorporation as a component of basic education, brought to fire one critical scenario, antagonisms, uncertainties and insecurities, as is quite typical of all science being installed. However, it seems that the main concern of ER researchers is concerning his epistemology, to his speech as a science of the religious phenomenon in the face of schooling processes. Thus, the main objective of this work is to show that the ER epistemological trend in the state of Amapá, ie profile of the common educational model in the state schools, and its social impact. The methodology consisted, first, of a literature review on the topic / issue, followed by data collection in 04 public schools and 03 major Christian religious traditions in the state of Amapá, and finally, that contrast between them and critical-discursive interpretation. The main result, we found that the ER model adopted in Amapá schools is still being strongly linked and influenced by Christian religious traditions, which results in an epistemology of low academic-scientific impact and its spiritualization of religious knowledge.