RELIGIÃO NA CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS: OS AGENTES RELIGIOSOS NA ESFERA PÚBLICA

Abstract

This dissertation aims to present an analysis of the possible limits and excesses found in the performance of religious agents in the Brazilian public sphere, such as the members of the Evangelical Parliamentary Front (FPE), the Roman Catholic Mixed Parliamentary Front (FPMCAR) and the Parliamentary Defense Front Life and Family (FPDVF), relating them to some of the ideals proposed by Jürgen Habermas for the harmonious coexistence between religious and non-religious in the public sphere, with an emphasis on the individual's ability to rationalize thinking for communication, equality among citizens, the need for a tolerance posture between religious and non-religious citizens, the use of religious language in the public sphere, communicative action and listening policy. It is known that the political public sphere is marked by a constant relationship of dissension, conflicts between those who use religious discourse to substantiate their actions, and those who, in the name of a secular state, do not accept religious argument. It has been observed that there are religious agents who act strategically, with corporate and exclusively religious interests.