O evangelho dos descartados (Mt 25,31-40): anúncio aos escravos análogos no Brasil e em Goiás

Abstract

This dissertation presents a study on the Jesus of Mateus who starves in the underprivileged. Yesterday's hungry are present today among analogous slaves. Although the abolition of slave labor took place through the Lei Áurea (since May 13, 1888), slavery still exists in Brazil today, called "analogous slavery". The referred term originated as a result of the purposes that subject some workers in Brazil, and notably in the State of Goiás, which are equivalent to the slavery of past times. There has always been a plutocratic organization in society, and as a consequence, the sacrifice of less privileged strata. Due to the capitalist need to obtain power at any cost, the essential, such as love of neighbor, is a forgotten factor, given the preponderance of nonChristian alternatives, whose "god" is money. Through research in processes related to analogous slavery, a case in the area of Civil Construction, occurred in the Municipality of Goiânia-GO, with numerous irregularities, described as SUB-HUMAN CONDITIONS offered to workers. In this way, we present in this research the possibility of researching two similar themes: the exclusion in the Gospel of Matthew and the exclusion in Brazil of analogous slaves. The Kingdom of God only exists where Justice exists in the community, concretely. Every Matthew gospel has Justice as its central theme. We are motivated, especially, by the text of Mt 25,34-36, where Jesus placed himself, absolutely, identified with the hungry, with the thirsty, with the naked, with the homeless, with the prisoners. We reflected, and from the national conjuncture, we realized that a very serious problem, nowadays, is "analogous slavery in Brazil"