O abismo eclesiástico: massas religiosas e a obra, análises em Eric Voegelin e Eric Weil

Abstract

This work proposes a dialogue between Eric Voegelin and Eric Weil, addressing the context of the Second World War and the Nazification process of Germany. Our trained authors present topics that are extremely current and relevant to the contemporary debate, that is, the relationship between Church and State. Eric Voegelin reflects in his lectures the support that Hitler received from the main Christian traditions in Germany, from Protestants and Catholics. It is observed that at the time, as Voegelin points out, there was a descent into the abyss of German society in all segments, even in the ecclesiastical context, considering that the German people were a parochial people. The same author points out how religious leaders used the Bible and tradition to support their political support for Hitler. In Eric Weil, it is about the attitude-category of the work, a manifestation of pure violence and how the man in the work presents himself, the one who intends nothing other than violence, to carry out the work. Such perspectives are related to the point of thinking about the current Brazilian context, how the religious and State spheres are closely related, where religious discourses in the Christian environment have perverse political ends. The paths and efforts to maintain democracy are also highlighted