UMA ANÁLISE DAS EXPRESSÕES RELIGIOSAS: O PROBLEMA DA INTOLERÂNCIA RELIGIOSA

Abstract

This dissertation work intends to rethink the subjective process of formation of religious manifestations and to question the reasons for the existing distances between them, which, many times, produce conflicts and generate wars. Firstly, we sought to conceptualize “content” and “form” as equivalent to cause and effect or essence and appearance of the religious phenomenon, then to identify the reasons that lead to religious intolerance. Seeking to question the current tools of analysis of the religious phenomenon and advancing, in addition to the sociological approach, a reflection was designed on two sides of the religious phenomenon - the subjective religious experience and the practice of this same experience. The problem that we intend to investigate is: what causes so much animosity among the various faithful? To answer this question, literature review was used, with emphasis on the philosophy of language and linguistics as clarifying tools for concepts. Subsequently, it was asked to what extent the individual religious experience interferes in religious practice and vice versa, to, from there, point to the common proposal among religions, namely: to build greater meaning for life, to develop moral values and nurture hope for a better future. One way found to minimize the problem would be a greater knowledge of the other's religious experiences and practices and, in dialogue as a bridge of intersection of the various religious practices.