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ORLANDO, Evelyn de Almeida. The catechism manuals on the tracks of education: notes from history. Hist. Educ. [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.41, pp.159-176. ISSN 2236-3459.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S2236-34592013000300010.

This article presents, in a historical perspective, catechism manuals as a class of printings extensively used by Catholic Church in its educational practices, focusing on Brazilian society. Methodologically the paper analyzes these books as cultural objects that have gone through different production, appropriation and circulation strategies in order to propagate Catholic doctrine in a more effective and permanent way. Also indicates different material and discursive aspects this pedagogical instrument acquired in the first half of the 20th century. Whether in school or parish catechesis, the first one above all, Catholic catechisms contributed to the shaping of the doctrinal field of Catholic pedagogy and from religious apparatus turned into object of the school culture.

Palabras clave : Catechisms; Printed Papers; Modernity; History of Education..

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