Public Policy and Religious Diversity: Interreligious Spaces in Two Hospitals in a Brazilian Capital City
Recently in Brazil, diversity has become a guiding principle in formulating public policy, and "interreligious spaces" have been established in public hospitals for the use of religious groups of various kinds. An examination of the use of these spaces in two major public hospitals in Port...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Latin American perspectives 2016-05, Vol.43 (3), p.186-199 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Recently in Brazil, diversity has become a guiding principle in formulating public policy, and "interreligious spaces" have been established in public hospitals for the use of religious groups of various kinds. An examination of the use of these spaces in two major public hospitals in Porto Alegre makes it clear that religious diversity has fundamental political dimensions involving the representation and recognition of social groups and that a commitment to religious pluralism does not rule out other hegemonies. Recentemente no Brasil, a diversidade tornou-se um princípio norteador para a formulação de políticas públicas. Consequentemente, "espaços interreligiosos" veem sendo estabelecidos em hospitais públicos para serem utilizados por diversos grupos religiosos. Uma análise dessa utilização, em dois importantes hospitais na cidade de Porto Alegre, demonstra com clareza que a diversidade religiosa apresenta dimensões políticas fundamentais que abarcam a representação e o reconhecimento de grupos sociais. Ademais, atesta que o comprometimento com o pluralismo religioso não exclui outras hegemonias. |
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ISSN: | 0094-582X 1552-678X |
DOI: | 10.1177/0094582X16629457 |