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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 liberation theology.[2][3][4]

Life

Alves was born on September 15, 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 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."[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 July 19, 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

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

In Portuguese

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