Abstract

LIONCO, Tatiana  and  MATTOS, Amana Rocha. Teaching Creationism and the Bible in Brazilian Schools: Analysis of Current Legislative Proposals. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.spe, pp. 1352-1373. ISSN 1808-4281.  http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/epp.2021.63944.

In this research, we analyzed bills, presented to the Brazilian Federal Chamber, which propose the teaching of the Bible and creationism in public schools. Based on the reflection on religious fundamentalism and ultra-conservatism, we discuss how secularism is weakened due to the incidence of supposedly secular rhetoric, but based on religious faith. Four bills submitted from 2014 to 2018 were analyzed, selected through an active search on the Chamber of Deputies website, using the descriptors "Bible teaching", "Bible study" and "creationism". Through qualitative analysis of the arguments adopted in such projects, the results of this study indicate that there is a dispute over epistemic legitimacy, as well as for ethical-moral and political legitimacy in the legislative proposals under discussion in the National Congress. We conclude that it is important to reaffirm secularity in education for the formation of democratic subjectivities, refusing Christian moral superiority in the face of moral and cultural diversity.

Keywords : creationism; secularism; public policy; education; subjectivity.

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