Secularização e anticlericalismo no pensamento de André Rebouças

Abstract

The present work has as main goal, understand the Anti-clerical speech used by André Rebouças and its place in a Brazilian secularization project. This Brazilian was inspired by a new world´s conception, guided by ideals of freedom and equality, he fought for such vision could get be accepted and become practiced during the XIX Century. Initially it will be presented the pillars of Rebouças´s thoughts, resuming historical concepts and contexts, which inspire his mind and performance as engineer. Then, it will be developed, the confrontation between opposed world visions, the Catholicism and the Protestantism, and the possible influence that such religious spheres had exercised in the public environment. On the other hand, it will be presented the New World journal´s speech, and the partnership between André Rebouças and Carlos Rodrigues, contextualizing the XIX century in Brazil, and the questioning about the union among Ultramontana Catholic Church and the State. Thereby in this work, seek to show the Anti-clericalism and secularizations into the author´s mind. In the act of study this remarkable, Brazilian citizen, it is possible reach the understanding of a man´s modern conflict, inspired by a liberal and democratic speech, facing a Church that side by side, was defending a conservative position aiming the permanence of tradition and order.