HISTÓRIA DO ENSINO RELIGIOSO BRASILEIRO: DO PERÍODO COLONIAL À REPÚBLICA

Abstract

The present research arises from the perception of the author, who, as a teacher of History in a Elementary Public School, realizes that a practice in which social inclusion through Religious Education should be strengthened necessarily by the knowledge of the Brazilian History and Culture. Much has been discussed about the inclusion and permanence of Religious Education in the curricular matrix of the Public School, with varied proposals of approach to the object of study. In this dissertation, aligned with its Area of Concentration, Religion and Society, as well as, with its Research Line, Religion and Public Sphere, it was proposed to analyze the theme Education and Religion through the look of History with the contribution of the Sciences of Religions. To reach its objective, the research was methodologically characterized as a bibliographical revision, being limited to the presentation of a brief history of Religious Education in Brazilian education, covering the Colonial Period, the Imperial Period and the Republican Period. It was also the understanding of the researcher that it would be necessary to present the Models of Religious Education, traditionally proposed in Brazil, namely: the Catechetical Model, The Theological Model and the Religious Sciences Model. Finally, the research showed that the contributions of the Sciences of Religions to Religious Education surpass the others proposed by the fact that the value of the study of Religion through the references proposed by the Sciences of Religions offer bases for a citizen, ethical and dialogic formation of the students.