O ENSINO RELIGIOSO NA REDE PÚBLICA MUNICIPAL DE CIDADE OCIDENTAL–GO – ESTADO DE GOIÁS: DA TEORIA À PRÁTICA

Abstract

This paper aims to present an analysis of religious education in the municipal public school of Cidade Ocidental–GO - State of Goiás: From theory to practice. In order to contextualize the course of religious teaching in the municipality between the period 2012-2019. To carry out this analysis, the authors Joao Decio Passos and Sergio Rogerio Azevedo Junqueira, among others, used the theoretical manifestations of the authors as a basis. It made use of ethnographic, bibliographic, and documental research methodology. He present work was divided into three chapters, each consisting of three sub-items called: Historical context of religious teaching in Cidade Ocidental–GO, contemplating the structuring aspects and course of religious teaching, its main challenges; Epistemological Fundamentals of Religion Sciences; Religion Sciences and the Challenges of Religious Teaching in Cidade Ocidental–GO and Social Relevance of Religious Teaching; Proposition for religious teaching in Cidade Ocidental–GO, being: normatization, school curriculum and textbook. Religious education should remain grounded in the theoretical contributions of the sciences of religion, in the light of the study of the religious phenomenon, of the Common National Curricular Base and thus establish its identity as an area of knowledge in elementary education, indispensable for the integral formation of the citizen. It was observed that despite a recent implementation, the offer of religious education in Cidade Ocidental–GO does not meet several principles that underlie the curricular component.