ABSTRACT
This article identifies two common approaches from which secularism is analyzed in Brazil. The first one, inclusivist, refers to public religions, while the second one, exclusivist, refers to public justifications of the use of state power. Contrary to a fairly extended view, it is argued that these are two dimensions of secularism from which it is possible to derive normative principles that are not mutually incompatible.
KEYWORDS:
public reason; post-secularism; abortion; crucifix; public religions