RELIGIONS AT THE CROSSROADS OF CULTURES

Authors

  • Marcelo Brandão Araujo
  • Ricardo Willy Rieth

Keywords:

Religions in Brazil, Culture, Crossroads, Diversity, . Interreligious dialogue

Abstract

Although religious diversity is something widely present in contemporary times, it is clear that the coexistence between religions is not always marked by respect, dialogue, solidarity and as an opportunity for sharing, exchanging experience around the relationship with the sacred. The media frequently convey the practice of acts of intolerance and racism, especially against religions of African origin, often labeled as works of the devil. From there, the urgency of understanding and facing racist, proselytizing and fundamentalist feelings and practices is justified in order to establish an approach based on dialogue and recognition of the fact that there are many ways to reread the relevance of the sacred and the relationship between people settle down with him. Therefore, considering that religions during their journey from time to time find some crossroads, that is, they see themselves facing the inevitability of approximation, contact, this article proposes to present and debate the crossroads as a place of convergence and, therefore, an opportunity for interreligious dialogue.

Author Biographies

Marcelo Brandão Araujo

Graduado em Filosofia (Centro Universitário Fluminense – UNIFLU). Mestre em Ciências das Religiões (Faculdade Unida de Vitória – FUV). Doutorando em Educação (Universidade Luterana do Brasil – ULBRA). Contato: araujoedima@uol.com.br

Ricardo Willy Rieth

Graduado em Ciências Sociais/Bacharelado, pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos – UNISINOS (1988), Graduado em Teologia/Bacharelado, pelo Seminário Concórdia de Porto Alegre (1986), MBA em Gestão Empresarial, pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV (2019), Doutor em História da Igreja pela Universität Leipzig, Alemanha (1992) e pós-doutorado pela mesma instituição (2000). Professor no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação (Mestrado/Doutorado), Universidade Luterana do Brasil – ULBRA, Canoas-RS. Contato: ricardo.rieth@gmail.com

Published

2021-12-01

How to Cite

Araujo, M. B., & Rieth, R. W. (2021). RELIGIONS AT THE CROSSROADS OF CULTURES. Identidade!, 26(1 e 2), 329–346. Retrieved from http://198.211.97.179/periodicos_novo/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1210

Issue

Section

RELIGIÃO, IDENTIDADE E HISTÓRIA