"Cristãos contra o fascismo": a circulação de discursos religiosos na ambiência de polarização política no Facebook

Abstract

During 2018, in the last election, a political polarization took hold of the country, especially during the run-off between Fernando Haddad (PT) and Jair Messias Bolsonaro (PSL). Although not new, the phenomenon of polarization, once seen only as a bipartisan dispute, has progressed into a profound rivarly, causing the opposing party to be seen not only as an adversary but as an enemy. At this juncture, a fundamentalist religious movement took strength and adopted one side of the polarization, advocating the protection and restoration of Christian values, as because they were supposedly "under attack." Given this context and its harmful consequences to the dialogue processes, this paper aims to analyze the circulation of religious discourses on the Facebook page of the ecumenical movement entitled “Christians against fascism”, trying to understand what meaning these discourses acquire in a ambience of political polarization. As for the specific objectives, we aimed to understand (a) how dialogue occurs through ecumenical movements, (b) how the polarized phenomenon is configured and (c) how it is harmful to of dialogue. Finally, we analyzed the posts on the page through the circulation methodology, through which we can perceive (a) the hate directed to the left, (b) the clashes held by the conception of being a Christian and who can make use of this denomination and (c) the use of a Christian repertoire to bring together users, creating possibilities for establishing dialogue.