Religious School Education in Chile, From the Conquest of Abya Yala to Today: A Historical Journey

This article provides a historical journey that begins with the conquest and colonization of Abya Yala to the present. At the start of the trajectory, the systematic violence exercised by the European invaders towards the inhabitants of the aforementioned territory is made visible, which had an effe...

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Author: Pérez Barría, Claudio Hernán
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UNA
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/20502
Online Access:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/siwo/article/view/20502
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:conquest
Abya Yala
violence
religious education
Chile
conquista
violencia
educación religiosa
educação religiosa
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Summary:This article provides a historical journey that begins with the conquest and colonization of Abya Yala to the present. At the start of the trajectory, the systematic violence exercised by the European invaders towards the inhabitants of the aforementioned territory is made visible, which had an effect on the epistemological and symbolic dimensions, physically and ideologically subjugating the original cultures, with consequences that are still evident to this day, this being visible in the Chilean educational system in general, and, specifically, in religious school education, which inherit and therefore prolong the colonizing episteme, thus a decolonizing action is imperatively proposed.