AMAZONIAN SPIRITUALITY OF THE PAITER-SURUÍ AND CLIMATE JUSTICE

INTERFACES BETWEEN RELIGION, ETHICS, AND NATURE

Abstract

This article investigates the interfaces between religion, indigenous spirituality, and climate justice, focusing on the worldview and environmental practices of the Paiter-Suruí people in the Brazilian Amazon. Starting from the context of the global climate emergency, the article discusses how the spirituality of this people constitutes a fundamental epistemological and ethical horizon for addressing the contemporary challenges of the socio-environmental crisis. The research, which is bibliographic and analytical-critical in nature, mobilizes national and international sources in dialogue with indigenous literature and ecological theology in order to highlight the role of Paiter-Suruí spiritual practices in sustainable forest management, political resistance, and the promotion of climate justice. The findings suggest that Paiter-Suruí spirituality integrates cosmology, ethics, and politics in a life project that values reciprocity, care, and the interdependence between humans and nature, offering an alternative paradigm to hegemonic sustainability approaches. The study concludes that the inclusion of indigenous epistemologies in the climate change debate broadens the understanding of climate justice and strengthens the possibilities for building more just and effective environmental policies.