The State Council of the People of Terreiro: African-Brazilian religions and public policies in Rio Grande do Sul

Authors

  • Marcelo Tadvald Pos-Doutorando no PPGAS-UFRGS
  • Francisco Abrahão Gonzaga Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Núcleo de Estudos da Religião

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2017.53.2.09

Abstract

This work seeks to problematize the formulation and application of governmental public policies in recent years focused on the Afro-Gaucho religions, based on the formation context and recent actions of the State Council of the People of Terreiro (CPTERS) in the gaucho political scene. Following, we argue about some persecutory actions by local parliamentarians in recent years (2003, 2005, 2015), which sought to restrict liturgical practices that involve the free exercise of afro-religions in Rio Grande do Sul starting from a historical and present discussion and from references from the field of social studies of religion, thus seeking to situate the case of CPTERS within a larger framework of analysis involving themes such as ethnicity, racism and religious intolerance.

Keywords: public policies, African-religion, Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2017-10-27

Issue

Vol. 53 No. 2 (2017): May/August

Section

Seção Temática: Religiões, normatividade e fluxos

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