Catolicismo, protestantismo e a secularização da sociedade numa perspectiva comparada: Brasil e Estados Unidos nas páginas d´O Novo Mundo (1870-1879)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the proposals of the secularization of the Brazilian society made by José Carlos Rodrigues, editor of the periodical O Novo Mundo – Periódico Ilustrado do Progresso da Idade, between 1870 and 1879. The study investigates the North American Protestant matrix that served as inspiration for the criticisms of the relations between the Catholic Church and the State in Brazil, as well as the defense of an idea of progress and civilization for the country in the second half of the nineteenth century. It is also intended to understand the criticism of the Brazilian Catholic formation outlined by the newspaper and its relation to the project of modernization of Brazil proposed by the “generation of 1870”.