Abstract

(UFPR), Karina Veiga Mottin. RELATIONS BETWEEN POLITICS AND RELIGION IN DEFENSE OF A "NEUTRAL" EDUCATION. Revista da FAEEBA: Educação e Contemporaneidade [online]. 2020, vol.29, n.58, pp.134-149.  Epub Dec 15, 2020. ISSN 2358-0194.  https://doi.org/10.21879/faeeba2358-0194.2020.v29.n58.p134-149.

The struggle against the so-called “gender ideology”, driven mainly after the discussions and approvals of the Education Plans in 2014 and 2015, is one of the facets of the “Escola Sem Partido” Movement (MESP) and is central to the conservative Christian militancy in Brazil. To contribute to this debate, this article aims to discuss the relationship between politics and religion in the case of the battle against the word “gender” in the Paraná State Education Plan. First, I discuss the secularity of the State, reflecting on this concept in the light of the studies of the sociologist Antônio Flávio Pierucci and the anthropologists Paula Montero and Emerson Giumbelli. In the second part, I analyze the use of legal arguments to defend religious agendas, focusing specifically on the case of the discussion of the Paraná State Education Plan. Finally, I question the absence of the word “gender” in this document as part of a crusade against the guidelines that involve this field of study.

Keywords : Religion; Politics; Gender ideology; Escola Sem Partido Movement.

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