ENSINO RELIGIOSO NA EDUCAÇÃO DE JOVENS E ADULTOS DA ESCOLA PÚBLICA: SUPERAÇÃO DA INTOLERÂNCIA RELIGIOSA NO MUNICÍPIO DE CARIACICA - ES

Abstract

The research on religious intolerance, proposed in this dissertation, sought to verify the relevance of the subject Religious Education in the Education of Young and Adults, as well as the importance of providing access to the knowledge of the different religions professed in the globalized world to the students of the EJA, considering that the intolerance various kinds of conflict and discrimination. The issue of religious intolerance should be a source of reflection within schools. Society must be educated within equality and this is a problem to be faced by the school, which needs to provide and produce knowledge without distinction at all levels of learning through strategies that respect religious and cultural diversity. Given this scenario, answers were sought for some questions, such as: Why work with religious diversity within the public school? What is the importance of interreligious discourse in overcoming religious intolerance? Is religious education in the public school capable of promoting a culture of peace, helping to overcome religious intolerance? The general objective of this research is to analyze the conflicts related to religious intolerance in the face of the religious plurality of the students of the EJA and to verify how the teaching and learning process of the Religious Education discipline occurs, as well as the level of students’ daily awareness, to accept and respecting the diverse religious approaches, with the understanding that beliefs have cultural, social and political importance. As for the methodological aspects, the research has a bibliographic character, combined with field research. For that purpose, the ‘Terfina Rocha Ferreira’ school was used as a laboratory in the municipal public network of Cariacica (ES), in which students and teachers of the EJA were investigated.