CONSIDERATIONS ON RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE SUFFERED BY THE GUARANI AND KAIOWÁ IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL

Abstract

Evangelical missions are present among the Guarani and Kaiowá Indians in Mato Grosso do Sul since the 1920s, at least, when the Caiuá Evangelical Mission (MEC) began its work of evangelization and conversion of forestry. Throughout the twentieth century this movement caused important changes in the social organization of these peoples, and in the 1980s neo-Pentecostal churches also entered the reserves. This context is marked by a strong rupture of many indigenous people with rites and traditions, and also by religious intolerance against those who still adhere to traditional practices. Thus, the present work consists of a brief consideration about the phenomenon of religious intolerance present between the Guarani and Kaiowá in Mato Grosso do Sul. For this, a bibliographical study was carried out to raise what other researchers and authors have already produced on the subject, as well as a documentary analysis based on the appreciation of information and data presented in the report produced by the Grand Asssembleia of the Guarani and Kaiowá Women, the Kuñangue Aty Guasu, and denominated "Religious intolerance, religious racism and burnt houses of Reza Kaiowá and Guarani" published in February 2022.