LAICIDADE EM DISPUTA: UM ESTUDO A PARTIR DA APROVAÇÃO DO ENSINO RELIGIOSO CONFESSIONAL NO STF

Secularism and confessional religious education are the themes of this paper, with the aim of analyze the secular models in dispute in Brazil, based on the votes of the rapporteur and reviewer, at the Supreme Federal Court, in the judgment of the direct action for the declaration of unconstitutionality (ADI 4439, 2010). The results point to paradoxes in the Brazilian secular model. It is concluded that there are two models in dispute (secular collaboration state-church and secular total separation church and state). The adoption of official Confessional Religious Education, increase the risks to religious diversity especially for minority groups.