The imaginary between the boundaries of education and religion

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Amauri Carlos
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Noronha, Vânia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Horizonte - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião
• DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2017v15n45p68-91
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2017v15n45p68
• topic: Imaginary. Religion. Education. Fields. Boundaries.; Imaginary. Religion. Education. Religious studies; Imaginário. Religião. Educação. Entre Saberes. Fronteiras; Imaginário. Religião. Educação. Ciências da Religião

The goal of this paper is to discuss the contributions of the theory of the Imaginary in the composition of the individual and collective subject considering educational and religious aspects. We understand that these areas are fundamental in the formation of the homo symbolicus, which uses language to express its way of being in the world. By discussing the crisis of the classical paradigm, we present the complexity of the emerging based on the analytical categories of this theoretical frame, namely: representation, myth, images, among others. These categories allow a transdisciplinary dialogue among fields of knowledge having as a crucial aspect the diverse field of the symbolic. Through the symbolic, we can understand the boundaries between the religious dimensions and the social practices, understood as educational, materialized in culture in various ways. We conclude that the episteme provided by the theory of the Imaginary is powerful for thinking about the intercultural dialogue and overcoming the disciplinary paradigm present in some cultural practices, especially educational and religious ones.