BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION AND FUNDAMENTALIST APOLOGETICS IN BRAZILIAN POLITICS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5583172331058

• Palavras-chave: The truth shall free you; Fundamentalist Apologetics; Biblical Interpretation; Brazilian Politics; Religious Hermeneutics.

• Keywords: The truth shall free you; Fundamentalist Apologetics; Biblical Interpretation; Brazilian Politics; Religious Hermeneutics.

• Abstract:

  This text proposes to discuss the hermeneutical characteristics of fundamentalist apologetics related to Brazilian politics in the context of the last two electoral campaigns for the presidency of the Republic of Brazil. Such an undertaking, therefore, requires a brief analysis of the history of biblical interpretation over the centuries, as well as the emergence of Protestant hermeneutics and the development of biblical fundamentalism, as opposed to theological liberalism. This approach will demonstrate the fundamental aspects of the apologetic rhetoric of fundamentalism applied to the Brazilian political discourse. Finally, it is intended to illustrate a biblical hermeneutic alternative to fundamentalist apologetics, methodologically guided by contemporary literary studies of the Bible.