Abstract:
This thesis analyzes, in a succinct way, the issue of the religious freedom of infancy and
youth, mainly in relation to the existing conflict among Seventh Day Adventist and Jewish
students, with regard to the biblical Sabbath or the natural Sabbath this term being
adopted by some teachers. We carried out a philosophical and juridical approach of Religious
Freedom, presenting preliminary notions and concepts about religion, freedom and their
biblical and juridical foundations, according to some philosophers and teachers who work
with the theme. Based on news items, jurisprudence, laws, resolutions and on real cases of
existing conflict in regard to the biblical Sabbath, we carried out interviews with students and
observed the existing discrimination, prejudice and religious intolerance in the workplace and
in the educational environment in relation to keeping religious principles. As an alternative
aimed at overcoming these conflicts we present a brief proposal to educate for tolerance and
promote inter-religious dialog, since, currently, we are living in a high point of human rights,
and religious freedom is a fundamental right and basic principle of a human being s
citizenship and dignity in the democratic constitutions and the international treaties on human
rights.
