Family and Religious Freedom in Brazil. Outlines and challenges

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The article addresses issues related to reli- gious freedom within the family in Brazil, more specifically: the historical difficulties of state recognition of marriages perfor- med by certain minority religions; some challenges related to the possibility of state intervention limiting the rights of parents in the religious upbringing of their children; and the debate on the constitutionality of homeschooling and confessional religious teaching in public schools. The work is descriptive —based on historical, legislative and jurisprudential research— and analyti- cal, highlighting controversial (or not yet well decided) aspects of the topics cover.

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Fabio Carvalho Leite, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Professor of Constitutional Law at PUC-Rio. Doctor of Public Law (UERJ). Research Productivity Fellow (PQ) at CNPq. FAPERJ Fellow (Scientist of Our State). Research fellow at the Rio de Janeiro State School of Magistrates (EMERJ). Member of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS). Member of the Latin American Consortium for Religious Freedom. Member of the Lusophone Alliance for Religious Freedom.

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2026-01-22

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2025: The relationship between family and religious freedom. Outlines and challenges

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