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many students were trained to rigorously emotions; teachers study, debate, “Gospel” strategy, recalling that, in the
carry out scientific research and teaching, research, build knowledge. The simple recent past, Protestant pastors used the
all with research projects approved and fact that this question is the topic of the Bible as a way of threatening enslaved
financed with public resources by FAPESP. debate promoted by IEL points to the black people who rebelled against their
The research carried out in this collection admissibility of the idea of cancellation, tormentors. In 1749, the Reverend Thomas
was legitimized by several awards from flirts with it. Furthermore, organizing a Bacon, an Anglican pastor from Maryland,
the main academic bodies in the country. discussion that already begins with a delivered a sermon in which he said that
From it, two books were produced that dissemination strategy along the lines of enslaved people should glorify their white
are references for studies on the writer. internet censorship courts undermines masters as if they were “Overseers of God.”
I mention just one: Monteiro Lobato the university. I hope the debate was In Brazil, the resonance of these strategies
book by book: Obra Infantil organized productive and allowed the IEL to get out can already be seen from the advancement
by Marisa Lajolo and João Luís Ceccantini of the straitjacket in which it found itself. of the Bible Bench in Congress (already
(Ed. Unesp, 2008), winner of the Jabuti Tamara Abreu with two hundred congressmen) to the
Prize in the “Book of the Year Non-Fiction” (Professor at UFRN) territory of mass culture. The recent clash
category and in the “Literary Criticism” March / 2024 between the singers Ivete Sangalo and
category, in addition to having received the evangelical Baby do Brasil during the
the FNLIJ 2009 Highly Recommended seal CULTURaL WaR/ReLIgION [pageS 58 TO 61] Salvador Carnival, the famous episode of
(National Foundation for Children›s and “hacking the apocalypse”, drew attention.
Young People›s Books). THE MILITIA OF FAITH, And, later on, the clash continued with the
It does not seem reasonable to assume A STRATEGY OF POWER evangelical singer Claudia Leitte who, also
that it would be the purpose of the teachers & PREJUDICE under arguments of religious zeal, changed
involved in the event to cancel anyone. In a song lyric live (also during Carnival) to
fact, the direction of the discussion followed What is there in common between Donald promote a “purge” of an icon of Afro cults.
the opposite direction, according to the Trump’s ‘Bible’, the narco-Pentecostalism In the song “Caranguejo”, which is 20 years
published news. Probably, the conclusion of Complexo do Alemão, the little aunt old, Claudia – who got rich singing the Afro
was reached that a university is not the who wears the Israeli flag on her back in tradition in Bahia – changed a part of the
appropriate space to practice cancellations. extreme right-wing events and Claudia lyrics and replaced Iemanjá with “Yeshua”,
Leitte’s refusal to sing the Afro tradition
If this were the case, IEL would be violating that made her rich? the name of Jesus in Hebrew. And the veto
its institutional mission of preserving the on the use of the Maracanã Stadium, in
memory of Brazilian culture and literature, bY JOTabê MeDeIROS Rio de Janeiro, for the Caetano Veloso
violating the collective right of access to and Maria Bethânia tour, recently revealed,
this memory. There are the collections of thE oMniPrESEnCE oF FlagS of the State of doubly opposes freedom of expression
Oswald de Andrade, Menotti Del Picchia, Israel at a recent far-right demonstration on and politics: the boycott came from
Hilda Hilst and many other artists and Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, emerged as governor Cláudio Castro, former gospel
intellectuals who could one day enter the confirmation of an expanding phenomenon: and evangelical singer that took place in
spotlight as “the canceled one of the time”. theological confusion and biblical quackery politics under the umbrella of faith.
Professors know – or should know as strategies for ideological and political The movable scaffold on which
– that collections are assets of public combat. On that occasion, two women with religious and cultural intolerance is
interest, as does the university. Archives Israeli flags on their backs, approached based, throughout the History of Brazil
in custody institutions such as CEDAE are by reporters, responded to the question (and the world), has in the past promoted
not “cancelable”, therefore the discussion, “Why are you with Israel?”: “Because you (and continues to promote) ethnocide,
in the terms in which it was stated, lacks are Christians like us”. In fact, Christians becoming the basis for the extermination
merit and relevance. Due to its social and make up just 1.9% of the Israeli population, of original peoples. Afterwards, it was
educational mission, the university has with Jews making up about 83% of the consolidated in the growing persecution
the duty to discuss the cancellations of people of Israel. Christ is not recognized of cults of African origin in Brazil. It spreads
literary works and their consequences, as the Messiah by Israel. In other words: across behavioral territories, besieging
but it is expected that the discussion Israel is not Christian. gays, women, black people, transgender
will be conducted from a perspective The escalation of this schizophrenia people and dissidents of all kinds, such as
of understanding the phenomenon and that grows by deliberately mixing creeds artists and cultural manifestations. Arte!
analyzing the works in all their complexity, and hybrid beliefs, which relies on the Brasileiros publica nesta edição textos
considering its aesthetic, social and demonization of others, purging and que remontam às raízes históricas dessas
historical dimensions. censorship to trigger political, cultural, guerras, buscando esclarecer como as
The racism present in the biography or social and anthropological persecutions, milícias da fé agem – com o beneplácito
work of a writer or artist is not denied, it is spreading with astonishing speed dos extremistas alocados na ordem política.
is discussed. The danger of universities throughout the country and the world. It There are recent cases that illustrate
adhering to mass communication is absolutely no coincidence that, a few how religious intolerance seeks to find
strategies specific to social networks is days ago, former US President Donald shelter in the institutions of the Brazilian
the lowering of the level of discussions, Trump loudly launched his own version State. In 2021, art! Brazilian exclusively
when their role is to qualify the debate, of the Bible, dubbed God Bless the USa, denounced an insidious maneuver within
present arguments based on reading in the United States. In the middle of his the Brazilian Institute of Museums and
and research, stimulate critical thinking re-election campaign, Trump is betting Iphan: the attempt, by a representative of
through which can disagree in a democratic on this gospel reiteration of white power neo-Pentecostal extremism sheltered in
and civilized way. supremacy to continue sowing terror the Bolsonaro government, to sabotage the
Social media users cancel writers in international politics. Subsequently, cataloging and preparation of a historical
daily; educational institutions, no. Digital Harvard’s theological studies sector collection of historical cultural objects
influencers manipulate other people’s published an extensive analysis of Trump’s Afro-Brazilian – the Our Sacred Collection.

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