Religious intolerance against Afro-Brazilian religions in the 21st century: a comparative analysis among cases that occurred in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and in the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes between 2002 and 2019

uma análise comparativa entre casos ocorridos na região metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro e no município de Campos dos Goytacazes entre 2002 e 2019

Abstract

At the beginning of the 2000s, the first reports of attacks on Traditional Terreiro Communities in the city of Rio de Janeiro emerged, carried out by groups linked to organized crime. These attacks would soon appear in the metropolitan region of the capital, and a few years later, in Campos dos Goytacazes, in the north of the State of Rio de Janeiro. These criminal groups would be subjected, to some extent, to the influences of evangelical Pentecostal/neo-Pentecostal cosmologies and theologies. This article aims to analyze this phenomenon by comparing cases from the capital and metropolitan region with those from the municipality of Campos dos Goytacazes. To try to understand the phenomenon, we carried out a bibliographical survey of academic publications and journalistic articles about cases of intolerance in both areas, we found support in specific legislation on Traditional Communities of Terreiro, and concluded, by pointing out convergences and divergences between the cases that occurred both in metropolitan region, as well as in the countryside, presenting our analysis of the facts.