CHRISTIAN SECULARISM AND RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATIONS IN REPUBLICAN BRAZIL

The following work attempts to trace the historic roots of Brazilian government’s discrimination towards religious freedom rights Jews and Sabbatarian Christians exhibited in application ENEM 2009 2010. This research article defends thesis that modern Constitutional arguments for denying accommodations on national exams Sabbatarians grounds laicite, state preference religion or equality under laws derive from an anti–liberal legal tradition. paper diachronically argues this tradition exemptions minorities developed as a result Brazil’s republican history authoritarian dictatorial past order promote particularly secularized Christian establishment.
 begins by tracing historical constitutional history. It then shows how elites used Catholic-positivistic discourse first half 20th century suppress minority presupposing Brazil was uniquely (i.e Roman Catholic) nation. will proceed show Catholic positivistic evolved more covert “secular” argument such those laws, “isonomy” secular nature State, “laicité” 1960s thereafter. second section anti-liberal Christianity has still been maintained 1988 social democratic constitution isonomy laicité. concludes attempting do not harm government suggesting greater coalition building between religions can benefit both historically marginalized communities. proposing African groups attain their full civil political liberties.