The formation of religious habitus and confessional educational establishments in agreement with the State: issues and conflicts ^{1 2 3}

Abstract

In this article we present a discussion about public schools and the formation of religious habitus. The research was carried out in three confessional school establishments, which establish an agreement between the religious order and the State. It operated with the Bourdieusian theory. Interviews were conducted and questionnaires were applied to five mothers, one father and 542 students. The results indicated that the families mobilize strategies for the maintenance and formation of their children’s religious habitus. In the schools investigated, the confessional characteristic proved to be the main motivating element for enrollment. We believe that the government should be the guardian of secular spaces and make efforts to make secularism effective, which is jeopardized in these establishments.

Keywords
public schools; religious habitus; secularism