Open AccessLaw, State and Religious Freedom in Brazil: A Historical and Constitutional Analysis of Freedom of Belief and Religion
Author(s) -
Micael Fernandes Gomes dos Santos,
Michely Vargas Delpupo Romanello
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
athens journal of law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2407-9685
DOI - 10.30958/ajl.7-4-6
Subject(s) - freedom of religion , neutrality , constitution , law , state (computer science) , sovereignty , political science , supreme court , secular state , action (physics) , secularity , religious freedom , perspective (graphical) , position (finance) , sociology , human rights , politics , mathematics , economics , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , geometry , finance
This research sees to discuss the position of the State regarding Freedom of Belief, under the legal perspective. In other words, as the Brazilian Constitution guarantees freedom and the free exercise of religion in its art. 5, item VI, the question is: May the Brazilian State interfere with the freedom of individual belief, or can it provide legal guarantees so that this freedom is ensured? By the deductive method and by the analysis of recent judgments of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court in cases of extraordinary appeals, the limits of the State of action or inaction in relation to religious freedom will be upheld, concluding that the State must always ensure the sovereignty of secularity and neutrality in religious matters, observing freedom of belief. Keywords: Religious freedom; Brazilian State; Law