Direito a liberdade religiosa da infância e juventude : uma proposta de educar para a tolerância e promover o diálogo inter-religioso

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.