Católicas: do direito de existir ao direito de decidir

Abstract

This dissertation aims to understand the relationship between feminism and religion based on the study of the Católicas pelo Direito de Decidir (Catholics for a Free Choice). At first sought to structure the points that make up the identity of the group: relationship with religion, women's experience and feminist theology and liberation theology. Knowing that the Catholic Church acts as a relevant political actor, where religious beliefs and rites shape social relations, restricting certain ways and practices of living sexuality, then we try to understand how Catholics support their arguments, as opposed to discourse official Catholic Church, in a context of disputes, especially on the subject of sexuality. The CDD study is extremely important to understand how a counter-discourse has been formulated that confronts the religious institution at different levels: starting from an internal criticism of the Church towards an institutional political agenda, leading to a plurality of arguments in a position of dissident that plays in the Catholic and public setting