Disseminação da informação no combate à intolerância religiosa : um estudo exploratório

Abstract

The need to disseminate information arose along with the evolution of mankind, throughout history the human being has built means for information to be passed on and even recorded. Religion, culturally speaking, is also part of this informational process of the human being; to reach its faithful, it is necessary to disseminate knowledge and information. Religious intolerance has arisen with the development of new religions, people from the beginning have always sought to defend their own beliefs and reason, not accepting the idea of other existing religions. Knowing this, this research seeks to demonstrate how the dissemination of information in current times can help combat religious intolerance. The general objective is to identify the actions of information dissemination in the fight against religious intolerance by leaders of Candomblé, Spiritualism, Umbanda and Wicca religions. The specific objectives were: Identify the sources of information used by religious leaders for the dissemination of information in the fight against religious intolerance; verify the barriers in the dissemination of information found by religious leaders, and discuss the importance of dissemination of information in convergence with the religions mentioned in this research. Using the exploratory methodology, with a qualitative and quantitative approach, carrying out a survey by bibliographic research, having as instrument of data collection a questionnaire composed of open and closed questions. As results, the data collected was analyzed, finding that, with the dissemination of information in the religious sphere, it is possible to open the debate about the practice and combat of intolerance, with most leaders citing that the lack of information about other religions may be the main reason for the crime committed. Also how social networks can help in this, since nowadays most people use them looking for information in different areas. It is concluded then, that with the practice of disseminating information, it is possible for religious leaders to seek ways to combat intolerance, besides helping those who suffer with accurate information of what should be done.