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'''Rubem Azevedo Alves''' (15 September 1933 – 19 July 2014) was a [[Brazil]]ian [[theologian]], [[philosopher]], educator, writer and [[psychoanalyst]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/07/20/brazilian-writer-rubem-alves-dies |title=Brazilian writer Rubem Alves dies |publisher=SBS News |date= |accessdate=2014-07-20}}</ref> Alves was one of the founders of [[liberation theology]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10625 | title = Liberation theology is still alive and well|last=Altmann|first=Walter|date=18 November 2009|work=Ekklesia | location = UK |accessdate=23 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=McGrath|first=Alister E |title= The Blackwell encyclopedia of modern Christian thought |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=1995|page=331|isbn=0-631-19896-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Linhares | first = Bruno J | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Princeton Theological Seminary and the Birth of Liberation Theology | journal = Koinonia | volume = 19 | issue = | pages = 85–105 | publisher = Princeton Theological Seminary | location = Princeton | year = 2007 | url = | issn = 1047-1057 | doi = | id = | accessdate = }}</ref>
'''Rubem Azevedo Alves''' (15 September 1933 – 19 July 2014) was a Brazilian [[theologian]], [[philosopher]], educator, writer and [[psychoanalyst]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/07/20/brazilian-writer-rubem-alves-dies |title=Brazilian writer Rubem Alves dies |publisher=SBS News |access-date=2014-07-20}}</ref> Alves was one of the founders of [[Latin American liberation theology]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10625 | title = Liberation theology is still alive and well|last=Altmann|first=Walter|date=18 November 2009|work=Ekklesia | location = UK |access-date=23 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=McGrath|first=Alister E |title= The Blackwell encyclopedia of modern Christian thought |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=1995|page=331|isbn=0-631-19896-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Linhares | first = Bruno J | title = Princeton Theological Seminary and the Birth of Liberation Theology | journal = Koinonia | volume = 19 | pages = 85–105 | publisher = Princeton Theological Seminary | location = Princeton | year = 2007 | issn = 1047-1057 }}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
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Alves was born on 15 September 1933, in [[Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais]], Brazil.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> He obtained his [[Bachelor of Theology]] (BTh) degree at the <!--Seminário Teológico Presbiteriano do Sul = Southern --> Presbyterian [[Seminary]] in [[Campinas]], Brazil, in 1957.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> He went on to obtain a <!--masters in sacred theology<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>-->[[Master of Theology]] (ThM) from the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] in [[New York City]], United States, in 1964. After completing this degree, Alves returned to Brazil amidst a US-sponsored<ref name=1964coup>{{cite web |author=Kingstone, Steve |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3588339.stm|title=Brazil remembers 1964 coup d'etat|publisher=BBC News|access-date=2007-05-08 | date=2004-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=US Role in 1964 Brazilian Military Coup Revealed |url=http://www.dominionpaper.ca/international_news/2004/04/06/us_role_in.html |publisher=Dominion |access-date=2013-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722112052/http://www.dominionpaper.ca/international_news/2004/04/06/us_role_in.html |archive-date=22 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[1964 Brazilian coup d'état|military coup against the democratically elected Brazilian government]]. At the time, the new military regime was attempting to purge Brazil of [[communist]] sympathizers. The [[Presbyterian Church of Brazil]] provided the new government with the names of six intellectuals to serve as [[scapegoats]] and to avert persecution themselves. Immediately upon his return to Brazil, Alves went into hiding.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014">{{cite web | last=Keefe-Perry | first=Callid | title=A Song for Rubem Alves | website=Homebrewed Christianity | date=20 July 2014 | url=https://homebrewedchristianity.com/2014/07/20/a-song-for-rubem-alves/ | access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> More than forty accusations were made against Alves and others, including claims that they taught that [[Jesus]] was sexually involved with a prostitute, celebrated when their children denounced Americans, and were funded by the [[Soviet Union]]. Alves reports that these accusations were ineffective, saying, "the positive side of the document was that it was so [[wikt:virulent|virulent]], that not even the most [[wikt:obtuse|obtuse]] could believe that we were guilty of so many crimes." Alves continued to elude government authorities. Within two months of his arrival in Brazil, he returned to the United States covertly with assistance from Brazilian [[Freemasons]] and the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States]], which secured an invitation from [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] for him to commence doctoral studies there.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>
Alves was born on September 15th, 1933 in [[Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais]].<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> He obtained his [[Bachelor of Theology]] (B.Th.) degree at the <!--Seminário Teológico Presbiteriano do Sul = Southern --> Presbyterian [[Seminary]] in [[Campinas]], Brazil, in 1957.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> He went on to obtain a <!--masters in sacred theology<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>-->[[Master of Theology]] (Th.M.) from the [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]] in [[New York City]], United States, in 1964.


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Alves did not enjoy his studies at Princeton. He sorely missed his homeland, and felt constrained by the requirements of the doctoral program. Although he ultimately wrote his dissertation according to the requirements of his professors, Alves was not pleased with it, saying, "I wrote uglily, without smiles or poetry, for there was no other alternative: a Brazilian student, [[underdeveloped]], in a foreign institution, must indeed submit himself, if he wants to pass." He completed his [[doctoral dissertation]], ''Toward a Theology of Liberation'', in 1968, and received "the lowest possible grade" needed to receive his doctorate (PhD) at Princeton in 1968.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>
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After completing this degree, Alves returned to Brazil amidst a U.S-sponsored<ref name=1964coup>{{cite web |author=Kingstone, Steve |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3588339.stm|title=Brazil remembers 1964 coup d'etat|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2007-05-08 | date=2004-04-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=US Role in 1964 Brazilian Military Coup Revealed |url=http://www.dominionpaper.ca/international_news/2004/04/06/us_role_in.html |publisher=Dominion |accessdate=2013-06-22 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6Hm62hYMD?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dominionpaper.ca%2Finternational_news%2F2004%2F04%2F06%2Fus_role_in.html |archivedate=2013-07-01 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> [[1964 Brazilian coup d'état|military coup against the democratically elected Brazilian government]]. At the time, the new military regime was attempting to purge Brazil of [[communist]] sympathizers. The [[Presbyterian Church of Brazil]] provided the new government with the names of six intellectuals to serve as [[scapegoats]] and to avert persecution themselves. Immediately upon his return to Brazil, Alves went into hiding.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014">{{cite web | last=Keefe-Perry | first=Callid | title=A Song for Rubem Alves | website=Homebrewed Christianity | date=20 July 2014 | url=https://homebrewedchristianity.com/2014/07/20/a-song-for-rubem-alves/ | accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref> More than forty accusations were made against Alves and others, including claims that they taught that [[Jesus]] was sexually involved with a prostitute, celebrated when their children denounced Americans, and were funded by the [[Soviet Union]]. Alves reports that these accusations were ineffective, saying, "the positive side of the document was that it was so [[wikt:virulent|virulent]], that not even the most [[wikt:obtuse|obtuse]] could believe that we were guilty of so many crimes." Alves continued to elude government authorities and within two months of his arrival in Brazil, he returned to the United States covertly with assistance from Brazilian [[Freemasons]] and the [[Presbyterian Church in the United States]], which secured an invitation from [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] for him to commence doctoral studies there.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>


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Alves later critiqued the direction some writers took [[Latin American liberation theology]], saying "it has little to say about the personal dimension of life. If a father or mother comes with their dead child, it's no consolation to say, 'In the future just society there will be no more deaths of this kind.' This brings no comfort!" He also described liberation theology as "absolutely essential", describing his own version of liberation theology with these words: "The origin of my liberation theology is an erotic exuberance for life. We need to struggle to restore its erotic exuberance, to share this with the whole world."<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>
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Alves did not enjoy his studies at Princeton. He sorely missed his homeland. He also felt constrained by the requirements of the doctoral program. Although he ultimately wrote his dissertation according their requirements, Alves was not pleased with it, saying, "I wrote uglily, without smiles or poetry, for there was no other alternative: a Brazilian student, [[underdeveloped]], in a foreign institution, must indeed submit himself, if he wants to pass." He completed his [[doctoral dissertation]], "Toward a Theology of Liberation", in 1968, and received “the lowest possible grade” needed to receive his doctorate (Ph.D.) at Princeton in 1968.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>

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Alves later critiqued the direction some writers took [[liberation theology]], saying "it has little to say about the personal dimension of life. If a father or mother comes with their dead child, it’s no consolation to say, ‘In the future just society there will be no more deaths of this kind.’ This brings no comfort!" However, he also described liberation theology as "absolutely essential," describing his own version of liberation theology with these words: "The origin of my liberation theology is an erotic exuberance for life. We need to struggle to restore its erotic exuberance, to share this with the whole world."<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/>


==Academic career==
==Academic career==
# Alves trained as a [[psychoanalyst]] through the [[Brazilian Association of Psychoanalysis]] of São Paulo.
# Trained as a [[psychoanalyst]] through the [[Brazilian Association of Psychoanalysis]] of São Paulo.
# Assistant professor of Social Philosophy, in the [[Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Rio Claro]] (1969)
# Assistant Professor of Social Philosophy, [[Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Rio Claro]] (1969).
# Assistant professor of Philosophy, [[State University of Campinas]] (UNICAMP) (1974). He was promoted to professor (1979) and associate professor (1980), both at Faculty of Education, UNICAMP.
# Assistant Professor of Philosophy, [[State University of Campinas]] (UNICAMP) (1974). He was promoted to professor (1979) and associate professor (1980), both at the Faculty of Education, UNICAMP.


==Career as writer==
==Career as writer==
Besides his activities as a university professor and researcher, Alves is a prolific writer of books and articles in journals and newspapers on education, psychology and life in general. Since 1986, he has been a regular columnist at the ''[[Correio Popular]]'', the main newspaper in his hometown, [[Campinas]], in [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo state]]. He has published more than 40 books, several of which have been translated into German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and [[Romanian language|Romanian]]. He is also a very popular lecturer and is much appreciated by educators in general for his humanistic views on [[education]].{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}
Besides his activities as a university professor and researcher, Alves was a prolific writer of books and articles in journals and newspapers on education, psychology and life in general. From 1986 he was a regular columnist in ''[[Correio Popular]]'', the main newspaper in his hometown, [[Campinas]], in [[São Paulo (state)|São Paulo state]]. He published more than 40 books, several of which have been translated into German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and [[Romanian language|Romanian]].


During his career, he collaborated with notable personalities include [[Peter Maurin]], [[Dorothy Day]], and [[Paulo Freire]].<ref name="CTC">{{cite web | title=Rubem Alves&nbsp;– Liberation Theology Pioneer | publisher=Critical Therapy Center |location=New York, NY |date=19 July 2014 | url=http://criticaltherapy.org/rubem-alves-liberation-theology-pioneer/ | accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref>
During his career he collaborated with notable personalities, including [[Peter Maurin]], [[Dorothy Day]], and [[Paulo Freire]].<ref name="CTC">{{cite web | title=Rubem Alves&nbsp;– Liberation Theology Pioneer | publisher=Critical Therapy Center |location=New York, NY |date=19 July 2014 | url=http://criticaltherapy.org/rubem-alves-liberation-theology-pioneer/ | access-date=13 May 2017}}</ref>


His book, ''The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet'', is an important text in the field of [[theopoetics]].<ref>{{Cite thesis |degree=Ph.D. |chapter=The Theopoetics of Rubem Alves for Pastoral Theology |title=Nevertheless I Am Continually With You: A Cosmopolitan and Theopoetic Reframing of Pastoral Theology |url= |author= |last=Linhares Junior |first=Bruno Mattos |year=2008 |publisher=Princeton Theological Seminary |accessdate= |docket= |oclc= |pages=100-166}}</ref>
His book, ''The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet'', is an important text in the field of [[theopoetics]].<ref>{{Cite thesis |degree=PhD |chapter=The Theopoetics of Rubem Alves for Pastoral Theology |title=Nevertheless I Am Continually With You: A Cosmopolitan and Theopoetic Reframing of Pastoral Theology |last=Linhares Junior |first=Bruno Mattos |year=2008 |publisher=Princeton Theological Seminary |pages=100–166}}</ref>

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During the last years of his life, Alves wrote several children's books.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> Alves died on 19 July 2014, in Campinas, Brazil.<ref name="CTC"/>


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During the last years of his life, Alves wrote several childrens' books.<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> Alves died on Saturday, July 19, 2014 in Campinas, Brazil.<ref name="CTC"/>
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
Alves has been described as an "unsung hero",<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> and is often omitted from brief descriptions of liberation theology.{{cn|date=May 2017}}
Alves has been described as an "unsung hero",<ref name="Keefe-Perry 2014"/> and is often omitted from brief descriptions of liberation theology.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

==Books==
==Books==
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===International===
===International===
* ''A Theological Interpretation of the Meaning of the Revolution in Brasil''. A thesis presented to the Union Theological Seminary. USA
* {{cite thesis |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=A Theological Interpretation of the Meaning of the Revolution in Brasil |type=Th.M. |publisher=Union Theological Seminary}}
* ''A Theology of Human Hop''e. Washington: Corpus Books. 246p Doctorate thesis, original title: Towards a Theology of Liberation
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=A Theology of Human Hope |location=Washington |publisher=Corpus Books }} 246 pages. Revised version of his doctorate thesis, originally titled ''Towards a Theology of Liberation''.
* ''Tomorrow's Child. Imagination, Creativity and the Rebirth of Culture''. New York: Harper and Row Publishers.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Tomorrow's Child. Imagination, Creativity and the Rebirth of Culture |location=New York |publisher=Harper and Row }}
* ''What is Religion?'', Orbis Books, New York
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=What is Religion? |location=Orbis Books |publisher=New York }}
* ''I believe in the Resurrection of the Body''. Philadelphia Fortress Press
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=I believe in the Resurrection of the Body |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Fortress Press }}
* ''Teologia della Speranza umana''. Brescia: Queriniana Editrice. 246p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Teologia della Speranza umana |location=Brescia |publisher=Queriniana Editrice}} 246 pages.
* ''Christianisme, Opium o Liberation? Une Theologie de L'Espoir Humain''. Paris.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Christianisme, Opium o Liberation? Une Theologie de L'Espoir Humain |location=Paris }}
* ''Il Figlio del Domani''. Brescia: Queriniana Editrice. 207p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Il Figlio del Domani |location=Brescia |publisher=Queriniana Editrice}} 207 pages.
* ''Hijos DeI Mañana''. Salamanca: Edições Sígueme: 231p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Hijos DeI Mañana |location=Salamanca |publisher=Edições Sígueme}} 231 pages.
* ''El Enigma de la Religion''. Buenos Aires: Edições la Aurora. Translation: Raúl Lopez. 269p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |translator-first=Raúl |translator-last=Lopez |title=El Enigma de la Religion |location=Buenos Aires |publisher=Edições la Aurora}} 269 pages.
* ''L'Enigma della Religione''. Roma: Edizione Borla 192p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=L'Enigma della Religione |location=Roma |publisher=Edizione Borla }} 192 pages.
* ''Was ist Religion?'' Zürich: Pendo-Verlag
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Was ist Religion? |location=Zürich |publisher=Pendo-Verlag }}
* ''Protestantism and Repression: A Brazilian case study''. New York: Orbis Books. 215p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Protestantism and Repression: A Brazilian case study |location=New York |publisher=Orbis Books / SCM Press}} 215 pages.
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* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Ich glaube an die Auferstehung des Leibes: Meditationen |location=Düsseldorf |publisher=Patmos Verlang }} 79 pages.
* ''Protestantism and Repression''. London: SCM Press. 215p.
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* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Je Crois en la Résurrection du Corps: Méditation |location=Paris |publisher=Lês Édition du Cerf}} 85 pages.
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* ''Ich glaube an die Auferstehung des Leibes''. Meditationen. Düsseldorf: Patmos Verlang. 79p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=La Teologia como Juego |location=Buenos Aires |publisher=Ediciones la Aurora}} 143 pages.
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* ''Je Crois en la Résurrection du Corps''. Méditation. Paris: Lês Édition du Cerf. 85p.
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* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Vater Unser. Mediationen |location=Düsseldorf |publisher=Translated by Horst Goldstein}} 144 pages.
* ''La Teologia como Juego''. Buenos Aires. Ediciones la Aurora. 143p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=The Poet, the Warrior, the Prophet |location=London |publisher=SCM Press / Trinity Press International}} 148 pages.
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* ''Vater Unser. Mediationen''. Düsseldorf: Translated by Horst Goldstein. 144p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Le Mangeur de Paroles |location=Paris |publisher=Les Éditions du Cerf}} 203 pages.
* ''The Poet, the Warrior, the Prophet''. Philadelphia: Trinity Press Internacional. London: SCM Press. 148p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Parole da Mangiare. Comunitá di Bose |location=Magnano, Italy |publisher=Edizione Qiqajon}} 199 pages.
* ''Le Mangeur de Paroles''. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf. 203p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Cartea cuvintelor bune de mâncat sau bucătăria ca parabolă teologică |location=Sibiu |publisher=Editura Deisis}} 191 pages.
* ''Parole da Mangiare. Comunitá di Bose''. Magnano: Edizione Qiqajon. Itália, 199p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=La Alegria de Enseñar |location=Barcelona |publisher=Ediciones Octaedro}} 95 pages.
* ''Cartea cuvintelor bune de mâncat sau bucǎtǎria ca parabolǎ teologicǎ''. Sibiu: Editura Deisis. Trad. Virginia Gálea. 191p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=The Best Chronicles of Rubem Alves |date=9 October 2016 |location=Hanover, CT |publisher=New London Librarium |isbn=978-0996674782}} 182 pages. (translation of ''As Melhores Crônicas de Rubem Alves'')
* ''La Alegria de Enseñar''. Barcelona: Ediciones Octaedro. 95p.
* ''The Best Chronicles of Rubem Alves'' (translation of ''As Melhores Crônicas de Rubem Alves''). Hanover, CT: New London Librarium. 182p. {{ISBN|978-0996674782}}
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Tender Returns |date=7 February 2017 |location=Hanover, CT |publisher=New London Librarium |isbn=978-0998273068 }} 212 pages. (translation of ''Retorno e Terno'')
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Concert for Body and Soul |date=5 December 2019 |location=Hanover, CT |publisher=New London Librarium |isbn=978-1947074408}} 205 pages. (translation of ''Concerto para Corpo e Alma'')
* ''Tender Returns'' (translation of ''Retorno e Terno''). Hanover, CT: New London Librarium. 212p. {{ISBN|978-0998273068}}


===In Portuguese===
===In Portuguese===
* ''Escola com que sempre sonhei sem imaginar que pudesse existir''. Editora Papirus. 2002. 120p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |year=2002 |title=Escola com que sempre sonhei sem imaginar que pudesse existir |location=Campinas |publisher=Editora Papirus}} 120 pages.
* ''A Gestação do Futuro''. Campinas: Editora Papirus. Tradução: João Francisco Duarte Junior. 199p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=A Gestação do Futuro |location=Campinas |publisher=Editora Papirus}} 199 pages.
* ''O Enigma da Religião''. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes. 169p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=O Enigma da Religião |location=Petrópolis |publisher=Editora Vozes}} 169 pages.
* ''Filosofia da Ciência''. Introdução ao jogo e suas regras. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense. 190p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Filosofia da Ciência: Introdução ao jogo e suas regras |location=São Paulo |publisher=Editora Brasiliense}} 190 pages.
* ''O que é Religião?'' São Paulo: Brasiliense/Abril Cultural. 133 p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=O que é Religião? |location=São Paulo |publisher=Brasiliense/Abril Cultural}} 133 pages.
* ''Protestantismo e Repressão''. São Paulo: Editora Ática. 290p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Protestantismo e Repressão |location=São Paulo |publisher=Editora Ática}} 290 pages.
* ''Dogmatismo e Tolerância''. São Paulo: PAULUS. 172p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Dogmatismo e Tolerância |location=São Paulo |publisher=Paulus}} 172 pages.
* ''Creio na Ressurreição do corpo''. Meditações. Rio de Janeiro. Cedi 73p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Creio na Ressurreição do corpo: Meditações |location=Rio de Janeiro |publisher=CEDI}} 73 pages.
* ''Variações sobre a Vida e Morte''. A Teologia e sua Fala. São Paulo: PAULUS. 213p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Variações sobre a Vida e Morte: A Teologia e sua Fala |location=São Paulo |publisher=Paulus}} 213 pages.
* ''Gandhi''. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense. 119p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Gandhi |location=São Paulo |publisher=Editora Brasiliense}} 119 pages.
* ''Poesia, Profecia e Magia''. Rio de Janeiro. CEDI. 80p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Poesia, Profecia e Magia |location=Rio de Janeiro |publisher=CEDI}} 80 pages.
* ''Conversas Com Quem Gosta de Ensinar''. São Paulo: Cortez/Autores Associados. 87p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Conversas Com Quem Gosta de Ensinar |location=São Paulo |publisher=Cortez/Autores Associados}} 87 pages.
* ''Estórias de Quem Gosta de Ensinar''. São Paulo: Cortez/Autores Associados. 108p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Estórias de Quem Gosta de Ensinar |location=São Paulo |publisher=Cortez/Autores Associados}} 108 pages.
* ''O Suspiro dos Oprimidos''. São Paulo: PAULUS. 119p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=O Suspiro dos Oprimidos |location=São Paulo |publisher=Paulus}} 119 pages.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Pai Nosso |location=São Paulo |publisher=Paulus}} 146 pages.
* ''Pai Nosso''. São Paulo: PAULUS. 146p.
* ''Tempus Fugit''. São Paulo: PAULUS. 109p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Tempus Fugit |location=São Paulo |publisher=Paulus}} 109 pages.
* ''O Poeta, o Guerreiro e o Profeta''. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes. 143p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=O Poeta, o Guerreiro e o Profeta |location=Petrópolis |publisher=Editora Vozes}} 143 pages.
* ''Lições de Feitiçaria''. Vol I. São Paulo: Ars Poética- 100p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Lições de Feitiçaria |volume=I |location=São Paulo |publisher=Ars Poética}} 100 pages.
* ''O Retorno Eterno''. Campinas: Papirus. 169p. O retorno eterno. Campinas: Papirus. 169p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=O Retorno Eterno |location=Campinas |publisher=Papirus}} 169 pages.
* ''Teologia do Cotidiano''. São Paulo: Olho D'Água. 95p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Teologia do Cotidiano |location=São Paulo |publisher=Olho D'Água}} 95 pages.
* ''A Alegria de Ensinar''. São Paulo: Ars Poética/Petah. 103p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=A Alegria de Ensinar |location=São Paulo |publisher=Ars Poética/Petah}} 103 pages.
* ''O Quarto do Mistério''. Campinas: Speculum/Papirus. 224p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=O Quarto do Mistério |location=Campinas |publisher=Speculum/Papirus}} 224 pages.
* ''Sobre o Tempo e a Eterna Idade''. Campinas: Speculum/Papirus. 164p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Sobre o Tempo e a Eterna Idade |location=Campinas |publisher=Speculum/Papirus}} 164 pages.
* ''A Festa de Maria''. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 111p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=A Festa de Maria |location=Campinas |publisher=Papirus/Speculum}} 111 pages.
* ''As Contas de Vidro e o Fio de Nylon''. São Paulo: Ars Poética. 109p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=As Contas de Vidro e o Fio de Nylon |location=São Paulo |publisher=Ars Poética}} 109 pages.
* ''Cenas da Vida''. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 128p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Cenas da Vida |location=Campinas |publisher=Papirus/Speculum}} 128 pages.
* ''Navegando''. São Paulo: Ars Poética. 103p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Navegando |location=São Paulo |publisher=Ars Poética}} 103 pages.
* ''Concerto para Corpo e Alma''. Campinas: Papirus. 160p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Concerto para Corpo e Alma |location=Campinas |publisher=Papirus}} 160 pages.
* ''E Aí? Cartas aos Adolescentes e a Seus Pais''. Campinas: Papirus.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=E Aí? Cartas aos Adolescentes e a Seus Pais |location=Campinas |publisher=Papirus}}
* ''Entre a Ciência e a Sapiência: o Dilema da Educação''. São Paulo: Loyola. 148p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Entre a Ciência e a Sapiência: o Dilema da Educação |location=São Paulo |publisher=Loyola}} 148 pages.
* ''O Amor que Acende a Lua''. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 214p.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=O Amor que Acende a Lua |location=Campinas |publisher=Papirus/Speculum}} 214 pages.
* ''Por uma Educação Romântica: Brevíssimos Exercícios de Imortalidade''. Vila Nova de Famalicão: Centro de Formação Camilo Castelo Branco. Portugal. 261 pp.
* {{cite book |last=Alvez |first=Rubem |author-mask=1 |title=Por uma Educação Romântica: Brevíssimos Exercícios de Imortalidade |location=Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal |publisher=Centro de Formação Camilo Castelo Branco}} 261 pages.


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Rubem Azevedo Alves
Born(1933-09-15)15 September 1933
Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died19 July 2014(2014-07-19) (aged 80)
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
LanguageEnglish, Portuguese

Rubem Azevedo Alves (15 September 1933 – 19 July 2014) was a Brazilian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst.[1] Alves was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology.[2][3][4]

Life

Alves was born on 15 September 1933, in Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais, Brazil.[5] He obtained his Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree at the Presbyterian Seminary in Campinas, Brazil, in 1957.[5] He went on to obtain a Master of Theology (ThM) from the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, United States, in 1964. After completing this degree, Alves returned to Brazil amidst a US-sponsored[6][7] military coup against the democratically elected Brazilian government. At the time, the new military regime was attempting to purge Brazil of communist sympathizers. The Presbyterian Church of Brazil provided the new government with the names of six intellectuals to serve as scapegoats and to avert persecution themselves. Immediately upon his return to Brazil, Alves went into hiding.[5] More than forty accusations were made against Alves and others, including claims that they taught that Jesus was sexually involved with a prostitute, celebrated when their children denounced Americans, and were funded by the Soviet Union. Alves reports that these accusations were ineffective, saying, "the positive side of the document was that it was so virulent, that not even the most obtuse could believe that we were guilty of so many crimes." Alves continued to elude government authorities. Within two months of his arrival in Brazil, he returned to the United States covertly with assistance from Brazilian Freemasons and the Presbyterian Church in the United States, which secured an invitation from Princeton Theological Seminary for him to commence doctoral studies there.[5]

Alves did not enjoy his studies at Princeton. He sorely missed his homeland, and felt constrained by the requirements of the doctoral program. Although he ultimately wrote his dissertation according to the requirements of his professors, Alves was not pleased with it, saying, "I wrote uglily, without smiles or poetry, for there was no other alternative: a Brazilian student, underdeveloped, in a foreign institution, must indeed submit himself, if he wants to pass." He completed his doctoral dissertation, Toward a Theology of Liberation, in 1968, and received "the lowest possible grade" needed to receive his doctorate (PhD) at Princeton in 1968.[5]

Alves later critiqued the direction some writers took Latin American liberation theology, saying "it has little to say about the personal dimension of life. If a father or mother comes with their dead child, it's no consolation to say, 'In the future just society there will be no more deaths of this kind.' This brings no comfort!" He also described liberation theology as "absolutely essential", describing his own version of liberation theology with these words: "The origin of my liberation theology is an erotic exuberance for life. We need to struggle to restore its erotic exuberance, to share this with the whole world."[5]

Academic career

  1. Trained as a psychoanalyst through the Brazilian Association of Psychoanalysis of São Paulo.
  2. Assistant Professor of Social Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Rio Claro (1969).
  3. Assistant Professor of Philosophy, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) (1974). He was promoted to professor (1979) and associate professor (1980), both at the Faculty of Education, UNICAMP.

Career as writer

Besides his activities as a university professor and researcher, Alves was a prolific writer of books and articles in journals and newspapers on education, psychology and life in general. From 1986 he was a regular columnist in Correio Popular, the main newspaper in his hometown, Campinas, in São Paulo state. He published more than 40 books, several of which have been translated into German, French, English, Italian, Spanish and Romanian.

During his career he collaborated with notable personalities, including Peter Maurin, Dorothy Day, and Paulo Freire.[8]

His book, The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet, is an important text in the field of theopoetics.[9]

During the last years of his life, Alves wrote several children's books.[5] Alves died on 19 July 2014, in Campinas, Brazil.[8]

Legacy

Alves has been described as an "unsung hero",[5] and is often omitted from brief descriptions of liberation theology.[citation needed]

Books

International

  • —. A Theological Interpretation of the Meaning of the Revolution in Brasil (Th.M.). Union Theological Seminary.
  • —. A Theology of Human Hope. Washington: Corpus Books. 246 pages. Revised version of his doctorate thesis, originally titled Towards a Theology of Liberation.
  • —. Tomorrow's Child. Imagination, Creativity and the Rebirth of Culture. New York: Harper and Row.
  • —. What is Religion?. Orbis Books: New York.
  • —. I believe in the Resurrection of the Body. Philadelphia: Fortress Press.
  • —. Teologia della Speranza umana. Brescia: Queriniana Editrice. 246 pages.
  • —. Christianisme, Opium o Liberation? Une Theologie de L'Espoir Humain. Paris.
  • —. Il Figlio del Domani. Brescia: Queriniana Editrice. 207 pages.
  • —. Hijos DeI Mañana. Salamanca: Edições Sígueme. 231 pages.
  • —. El Enigma de la Religion. Translated by Lopez, Raúl. Buenos Aires: Edições la Aurora. 269 pages.
  • —. L'Enigma della Religione. Roma: Edizione Borla. 192 pages.
  • —. Was ist Religion?. Zürich: Pendo-Verlag.
  • —. Protestantism and Repression: A Brazilian case study. New York: Orbis Books / SCM Press. 215 pages.
  • —. Ich glaube an die Auferstehung des Leibes: Meditationen. Düsseldorf: Patmos Verlang. 79 pages.
  • —. Je Crois en la Résurrection du Corps: Méditation. Paris: Lês Édition du Cerf. 85 pages.
  • —. La Teologia como Juego. Buenos Aires: Ediciones la Aurora. 143 pages.
  • —. Vater Unser. Mediationen. Düsseldorf: Translated by Horst Goldstein. 144 pages.
  • —. The Poet, the Warrior, the Prophet. London: SCM Press / Trinity Press International. 148 pages.
  • —. Le Mangeur de Paroles. Paris: Les Éditions du Cerf. 203 pages.
  • —. Parole da Mangiare. Comunitá di Bose. Magnano, Italy: Edizione Qiqajon. 199 pages.
  • —. Cartea cuvintelor bune de mâncat sau bucătăria ca parabolă teologică. Sibiu: Editura Deisis. 191 pages.
  • —. La Alegria de Enseñar. Barcelona: Ediciones Octaedro. 95 pages.
  • — (9 October 2016). The Best Chronicles of Rubem Alves. Hanover, CT: New London Librarium. ISBN 978-0996674782. 182 pages. (translation of As Melhores Crônicas de Rubem Alves)
  • — (7 February 2017). Tender Returns. Hanover, CT: New London Librarium. ISBN 978-0998273068. 212 pages. (translation of Retorno e Terno)
  • — (5 December 2019). Concert for Body and Soul. Hanover, CT: New London Librarium. ISBN 978-1947074408. 205 pages. (translation of Concerto para Corpo e Alma)

In Portuguese

  • — (2002). Escola com que sempre sonhei sem imaginar que pudesse existir. Campinas: Editora Papirus. 120 pages.
  • —. A Gestação do Futuro. Campinas: Editora Papirus. 199 pages.
  • —. O Enigma da Religião. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes. 169 pages.
  • —. Filosofia da Ciência: Introdução ao jogo e suas regras. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense. 190 pages.
  • —. O que é Religião?. São Paulo: Brasiliense/Abril Cultural. 133 pages.
  • —. Protestantismo e Repressão. São Paulo: Editora Ática. 290 pages.
  • —. Dogmatismo e Tolerância. São Paulo: Paulus. 172 pages.
  • —. Creio na Ressurreição do corpo: Meditações. Rio de Janeiro: CEDI. 73 pages.
  • —. Variações sobre a Vida e Morte: A Teologia e sua Fala. São Paulo: Paulus. 213 pages.
  • —. Gandhi. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense. 119 pages.
  • —. Poesia, Profecia e Magia. Rio de Janeiro: CEDI. 80 pages.
  • —. Conversas Com Quem Gosta de Ensinar. São Paulo: Cortez/Autores Associados. 87 pages.
  • —. Estórias de Quem Gosta de Ensinar. São Paulo: Cortez/Autores Associados. 108 pages.
  • —. O Suspiro dos Oprimidos. São Paulo: Paulus. 119 pages.
  • —. Pai Nosso. São Paulo: Paulus. 146 pages.
  • —. Tempus Fugit. São Paulo: Paulus. 109 pages.
  • —. O Poeta, o Guerreiro e o Profeta. Petrópolis: Editora Vozes. 143 pages.
  • —. Lições de Feitiçaria. Vol. I. São Paulo: Ars Poética. 100 pages.
  • —. O Retorno Eterno. Campinas: Papirus. 169 pages.
  • —. Teologia do Cotidiano. São Paulo: Olho D'Água. 95 pages.
  • —. A Alegria de Ensinar. São Paulo: Ars Poética/Petah. 103 pages.
  • —. O Quarto do Mistério. Campinas: Speculum/Papirus. 224 pages.
  • —. Sobre o Tempo e a Eterna Idade. Campinas: Speculum/Papirus. 164 pages.
  • —. A Festa de Maria. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 111 pages.
  • —. As Contas de Vidro e o Fio de Nylon. São Paulo: Ars Poética. 109 pages.
  • —. Cenas da Vida. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 128 pages.
  • —. Navegando. São Paulo: Ars Poética. 103 pages.
  • —. Concerto para Corpo e Alma. Campinas: Papirus. 160 pages.
  • —. E Aí? Cartas aos Adolescentes e a Seus Pais. Campinas: Papirus.
  • —. Entre a Ciência e a Sapiência: o Dilema da Educação. São Paulo: Loyola. 148 pages.
  • —. O Amor que Acende a Lua. Campinas: Papirus/Speculum. 214 pages.
  • —. Por uma Educação Romântica: Brevíssimos Exercícios de Imortalidade. Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal: Centro de Formação Camilo Castelo Branco. 261 pages.

References

  1. ^ "Brazilian writer Rubem Alves dies". SBS News. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ^ Altmann, Walter (18 November 2009). "Liberation theology is still alive and well". Ekklesia. UK. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ^ McGrath, Alister E (1995). The Blackwell encyclopedia of modern Christian thought. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 331. ISBN 0-631-19896-2.
  4. ^ Linhares, Bruno J (2007). "Princeton Theological Seminary and the Birth of Liberation Theology". Koinonia. 19. Princeton: Princeton Theological Seminary: 85–105. ISSN 1047-1057.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Keefe-Perry, Callid (20 July 2014). "A Song for Rubem Alves". Homebrewed Christianity. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  6. ^ Kingstone, Steve (1 April 2004). "Brazil remembers 1964 coup d'etat". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  7. ^ "US Role in 1964 Brazilian Military Coup Revealed". Dominion. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Rubem Alves – Liberation Theology Pioneer". New York, NY: Critical Therapy Center. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  9. ^ Linhares Junior, Bruno Mattos (2008). "The Theopoetics of Rubem Alves for Pastoral Theology". Nevertheless I Am Continually With You: A Cosmopolitan and Theopoetic Reframing of Pastoral Theology (PhD thesis). Princeton Theological Seminary. pp. 100–166.
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