A história intelectual de Dom Fernando Gomes dos Santos e o seu papel formativo com o clero diocesano, religiosos e leigos na arquidiocese de Goiânia (1962-1985)

Abstract

This work is linked to the Stricto Sensu Graduate Program in Education at the Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, in the Research Line: Education, Society and Culture. It adheres to the research group 'Youth and Education' registered with the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and is part of the research project entitled: 'Cultural Diversity and Education - Youth, Political Participation, Organizations and Social Movements in the 21st Century '. The general objective of the research was to investigate the intellectual history of Dom Fernando Gomes dos Santos and his educational practice in the formation of the diocesan clergy, religious and lay people in the period between 1962 and 1985, when he served as Archbishop of Goiânia. It starts with the following research problem: what is the role of Dom Fernando Gomes dos Santos as an intellectual in the religious field and his educational practice in the formation of the diocesan clergy, religious and laity in the period of (re)configuration of the relationship between Church and State and society between the period 1962 to 1985? The work focused on the analysis of Dom Fernando's discourse and practice and was guided, theoretically and methodologically, by Intellectual History and the concept of Organic Intellectual in Gramsci (2001). To obtain the research data, a documentary research was carried out on the writings of Dom Fernando, and the analysis of interpreters of this intellectual was used. It is concluded that Dom Fernando is contradictorily characterized as an organic intellectual of the Catholic Church. As an organic intellectual he composed the historical block of reaffirmation of the Church in that particular historical context. But, contradictorily, he was also an intellectual who was active in militancy for a new way of seeing and explaining the world, with defined positions in the construction of a new society. The intellectual history of Dom Fernando Gomes dos Santos, as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Goiânia, can be considered a liberating educational praxis in the political formation of priests, religious and lay people, making use of the theoretical content worked on in this thesis. With this historical theoretical reference, it is concluded that Dom Fernando, as a result of his conditioning, was an intellectual of liberating educating praxis who contributed to the formation of the diocesan clergy, religious and lay people in the fair and solidary construction of society