A DISCRIMINAÇÃO DO POBRE EM TIAGO 2,1-7: Uma análise exegética e sociológica

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze the issue of discrimination of the a poor man in the Epistle of James, chapter 2,1-7, evidencing the meaning and strength of the antidiscriminatory message sent to the recipients. In the text, a poor man in dirty clothes and a man with a gold ring and fine clothes enter a religious environment. The poor man is discriminated against by their appearance and social condition, while the rich is treated with favoritism. The discrimination of the poor man was analyzed in two research perspectives, which are: 1) the social relations of the time; and, 2) the exegesis of the text, leading to the construction of a hermeneutic proposal for the narrative researched. It was concluded that the text of James has a strong socioeconomic conflict environment, where the use of symbolic social and religious expressions that demonstrate a message contextualized, intentional, clear and structured, in addition to denounce the discrimination of the poor man, inviting the readers for a change of posture and reality in favor of the discriminated in situation of poverty, on the basis of religious experience.