AFRO-BRAZILIAN RELIGIONS, SLAVES AND THE MASTERS: THE DISCRIMINATION OF AFRICAN RELIGIONS AND THE THEORY OF (DE) COLONIALITY IN THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME FEDERAL COURT.
Afro-brazilian religions; coloniality; Justice.
This study aims to investigate whether the theory of coloniality is the driving force behind the discrimination of afro-brazilian religions and whether there are signs that the court decisions handed down by the Supreme Court have such an idea in the field of religiosities. Through a theoretical study, using the logical-deductive method, the analysis is based on three interconnected pillars: afro-brazilian religions, discrimination and state action. In this way, using an intersectional view of Law, with the Sociology and Anthropology of Religion, there is not only a scene of the profound influence of coloniality in colonized peoples - including the religious area-, but also, equally, it is glimpsed in the jurisdictional activity of the Courts, especially in the Supreme Court, the real prospect marked by the interpretation of human rights from the perspective of coloniality and religious racism, while proposing the effective opening of spiritual expression in the secular State, in light of the decoloniality faiths.